The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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