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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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