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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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