Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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