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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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