1. The sun’s nuclear core is about 27 million Farenheit and is about the size of Jupiter. One solar flare can release the same energy as 40 billion atomic bombs. (Kids Discover)
2. Some species of roundworms that are cut in half will live just as long as a worm hatched from an egg. That means if a roundworm were cut in half every few weeks, it could theoretically live forever. (How to Live Forever)
3. If you slowly pour a handful of salt into a totally full glass of water, it will not overflow. In fact, the water level will go down. (Internet)
4. You can get sunburned on a cloudy day, because more than 80 percent of the sun’s burning ultraviolet (UV) rays penetrate clouds (Get Fit, Feel Fantastic)
5. Spaceship One, set to be the first private crewed rocket to reach space, uses a fuel composed of rubber and nitrous oxide – also known as laughing gas. SpaceShip One burns a material called hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene or HTPB, a common ingredient in tire rubber, along with nitrous oxide (www.arcamax.com)
6. The strong force that holds matter together inside atoms is 100 billion billion billion times stronger than the force of gravity. (The Stunning Science of Everything)
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