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light speed sun distance 🌎

Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in less than 10 minutes.

pilot aircraft failure test

in 1974, a trainee who failed to become a US Army pilot stole a helicopter.

space sun life 🌎

Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.

fish cave animal

Cave in India, Krem Um Ladaw is where the largest cave fishes are found.

world phenomenon

Columnar Basalt.

world phenomenon

Gateway to Hell, Turkmenistan.

war historical loss

The statue of Nemesis (goddess who punishes the arrogant) in Marathon, Greece.

sport match time tennis

11 hours and 5 minutes for one match.

space moon orbit 🌎

We always see the same side of the Moon.

pregnancy glow

The “Pregnancy Glow” is Real.

water pregnancy

Water Won’t Always Break.

space quantity sand 🌎

There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand in the world.

health psychology study

Suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented.

space weather heat

The hottest planet in our solar system is Venus.

space diamond planet

There is a planet half the radius of the Earth with a surface made up of diamonds.

fine law voting vote australia

Voteing fine.

social experiment love

The Schacter and Singer Experiment on Emotion.

baby newborn bone

Newborns Have More Bones.

food spice hallucinogen health

Nutmeg is an hallucinogen.

movie figure long career

Fay McKenzie's 100 year career.

game study social economics

When Monopoly players Started with twice the money as their opponents.

food expensive

The most expensive pizza in the world.

cutlery research

Where have all the teaspoons gone?.

sport tennis history

In the beginning, tennis courts were hourglass-shaped.

space shape

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was the first celestial object identified as being spiral.

space quantity galaxy star ⛹🏻‍♀️

There are approximately 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way.

rocket space satellite 🌎

The Black Arrow.

space size weight water 🌎

Saturn can float in water.

professional rule hire

The FBI is struggling to find good hackers.

space signal radio

In 2016, scientists detected a radio signal from a source 5 billion light-years away.

fight police war

The Hot Springs Gunfight.

space system area ice 🌎

The Kuiper Belt, a region of our Solar System beyond Neptune.

animal war

The two-week long lion-hyena war.

food medicine history

Ketchup used to be used as a medicine.

war history nation

The Nepalese call to action.

movie army service cartoon

The U.S. Army promoted Donald Duck to the rank of Sergeant and retired him from active duty.

natural phenomenon stone

Sailing Stones.

space technology history 🌎

Sputnik, The first satellite in space.

medical health female figure

in 1918, Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized.

social consensus experiment

People can incorrectly conclude a “false consensus”.

animal migration

Monarch Butterfly Migration.

internet psychology

Internet trolls are likely to be sadists.

food color addition white 🕵️‍♂️

Ranch dressing is dyed.

sport figure sacrifice

Roberto Clemente.

social power experiment psychology

Stanford Prison Study.

mountain tall sacred

Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest, has never been fully climbed.

space moon orbit 🌎

Neptune’s moon, Triton, orbits the planet backwards.

star vision night sky quantity 🌎

There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.

application failure reveal

A fitness app accidentally revealed the location of military bases around the world.

space sound 🌎

Space is completely silent.

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