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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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