In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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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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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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