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 Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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