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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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