Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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