A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
67
German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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