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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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