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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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