A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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 cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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