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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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