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 banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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