Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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