The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
175
A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
43
Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
18
Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
42
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
Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
17
Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
11