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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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