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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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