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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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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