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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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 Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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