A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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