Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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