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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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