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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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