There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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