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 concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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