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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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