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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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