If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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