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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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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