Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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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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