Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
31
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!
16
Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
5
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65
Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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