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 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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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