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 inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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