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 learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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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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