The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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