A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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