Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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.
6
German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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.
11
Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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