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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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