Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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