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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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