For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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