Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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