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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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