The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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