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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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