Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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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 inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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