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 Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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