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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
7
The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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