Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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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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