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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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