Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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 Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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