The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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