The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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