The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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