A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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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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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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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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