Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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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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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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