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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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