Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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