A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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