The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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