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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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