Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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