It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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