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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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