Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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