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 cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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