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 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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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