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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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