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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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