You've probably heard about the Hadron Collider on the news. It was invented by the Europeans and is a large underground tunnel in which protons are going to lap, building up energy, and collide, in order to test the "big bang" theory.
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It's supposed that this experiment will open up a black hole which will destroy the Earth. The Hadron Collider is going to be tested Wednesday, September 10th.