Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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