A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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