The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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.
6
If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
408
4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
27
Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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