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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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