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 force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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