One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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