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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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