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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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