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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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