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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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