Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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