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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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