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 banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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