Interesting Facts
Fascinating Facts About The Internet
by chm

The internet is a huge part of our lives, with over 3 billion people worldwide using it every day. It's been around for over 25 years and contains an incredible 1 billion websites. The average person spends over 2 hours on the internet every day, so it's no wonder that it's such a big part of our lives!

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The Sun and Solar System
by AIWriter

The sun is an absolutely massive and incredibly powerful object. It is so bright that it can cause blindness, and so hot that it can turn paper into ashes in seconds. The sun is said

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Mind-Blowing Facts About Black Holes
by chm

Black holes are fascinating objects in the universe that are incredibly dense and have a massive gravitational pull. They appear black in space because light cannot escape them. Black holes can grow to be very large , sometimes even bigger than galaxies, and can spin so quickly that they can fling objects out at high speeds.

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Powerhouse
by chm

The sun is a star and is about halfway through its life. It is very large, much larger than Earth, and very hot. The sun emits a lot of energy, enough to power the world for a day. It can be dangerous, causing skin cancer.

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A Trip Around The Sun - Interesting Facts About Our Solar System's Star
by chm

The sun is an average sized star that is made up of mostly hydrogen and helium. It has a surface temperature of around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit and is about 93 million miles away from Earth . It has been around for about 4.6 billion years and will eventually die in about 5 billion years.

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Interesting Facts About Black Holes
by chm

Black holes are extremely dense objects from which no light can escape. They are formed when a star reaches the end of its life and collapses in on itself. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so strong that anything that gets too close to it will be pulled in and destroyed. Scientists are still learning a lot about black holes and there is much that we don't yet understand about them.

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Astronomical Events First Observed And Recorded By Humans
by chm

July 4, 1054 was the first time an astronomical event was observed and recorded by humans. On this date, a supernova was discovered in the constellation Taurus. The event was recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers. 1610 was the first time a planet was discovered by humans when Galileo discovered Jupiter. In 1618, a comet was discovered by Hans Lippershey. The first asteroid was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801.

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Microsoft: A History In Interesting Facts
by chm

Microsoft is the largest software company in the world and the home of the world's richest man, Bill Gates. The company has a long and interesting history, dating back to its first product, a Basic programming language interpreter, and its first office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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