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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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