Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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 smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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