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Your DNA would stretch about 2 meters if uncoiled from one cell
Helium is the second-most abundant element in the universe
Diamond is about 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral
Acid rain forms when sulfur and nitrogen oxides dissolve
Glucose is C₆H₁₂O₆ — the body’s favorite fuel
Chlorophyll makes plants green by reflecting green light
Diamond and graphite are both pure carbon
The event horizon is where light cannot climb out
Gravitational waves stretch space by tiny amounts
A lightning flash heats air to ~30,000°C
Ice is less dense than liquid water
The Sun converts about 4 million tons of mass to energy every second
Pressure under 10 meters of water roughly doubles
A single gram of DNA could store ~215 petabytes of data
Venus is hotter than Mercury — despite being farther from the Sun
Time runs slightly faster on a mountain than at sea level
Earth’s magnetic field flips every few hundred thousand years
Identical twins share ~100% of their DNA — but not fingerprints
A mature tree can lift over 100 liters of water a day
CRISPR can edit DNA with molecular “scissors”
Penicillin was discovered from a contaminated petri dish in 1928
About 71% of Earth’s surface is ocean
Earth’s core is about as hot as the Sun’s surface
Tardigrades can survive near absolute zero and extreme radiation
There are about 10²² to 10²⁴ stars in the observable universe

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