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 earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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