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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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