Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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