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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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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