Day 25

The Sun has 27.9 times the gravity of the Earth.

Ref. Wikipedia

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Day 15

-40 Degrees Celsius and -40 Degrees Fahrenheit are exactly the same temperature.

Ref. Q.I.

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Day 14

Fire requires, heat, fuel and oxygen; when you blow out a candle it is the sudden drop in temperature that puts out the flame.

Ref. Q.I.

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Day 10

If you were to go to the beach and swallow a mouthful of sea water, each millilitre would contain 1,000,000 bacteria and 10,000,000 viruses.

Ref. Craig Venter at TED

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Day 7

There’s enough gold in the Earth’s crust to cover the entire land surface knee-deep.

Ref. Sciensational

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Day 5

It takes 1.3 seconds for light to travel from the moon to the earth and 8.3 minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth.

Ref. Wikipedia

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Day 3

A raindrop is not tear-shaped as most people seem to assume, but is in fact perfectly spherical.

Ref. Stephen Fry on QI

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