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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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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