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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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