The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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 Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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