In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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