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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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