The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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