One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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