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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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