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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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