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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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