The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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