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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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