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The Earth's atmosphere blocks much of the Sun's harmful radiation.

🔬 Science Fact #113

Some metals such as mercury are liquid at room temperature.

🔬 Science Fact #106

Electric currents generate magnetic fields.

🔬 Science Fact #93

The Earth's core is extremely hot and under immense pressure.

🔬 Science Fact #88

The Earth's atmosphere is composed mostly of nitrogen and oxygen.

🔬 Science Fact #80

Vaccines train the immune system to recognize pathogens.

🔬 Science Fact #64

Atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

🔬 Science Fact #60

Sound travels faster in solids than in air.

🔬 Science Fact #54

Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

🔬 Science Fact #41

DNA carries genetic information in living organisms.

🔬 Science Fact #37

Electricity involves the movement of charged particles.

🔬 Science Fact #29

Light travels at approximately 299,792,458 meters per second in a vacuum.

🔬 Science Fact #21

Water expands when it freezes, which is why ice floats.

🔬 Science Fact #9

Lightning can heat the air it passes through to temperatures hotter than the surface of the Sun.

🔬 Science Fact #5