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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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