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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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