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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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