The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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