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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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