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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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