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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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