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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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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 smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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