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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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