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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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