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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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