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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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