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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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