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 ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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