A Day on Venus Is Longer Than Its Year
Venus rotates so slowly that one full rotation takes about 243 Earth days, while it takes about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
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Venus rotates so slowly that one full rotation takes about 243 Earth days, while it takes about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
A lightning bolt can heat the air around it to temperatures hotter than the surface of the Sun.
Under the right conditions, water can exist as a solid, liquid, and gas at the same time.
Sound needs a medium such as air, water, or another material to travel. The near-vacuum of outer space cannot carry ordinary sound waves.
Bones are living tissue containing blood vessels, nerves, and cells that constantly build and remodel bone.
An octopus has three hearts. Two pump blood toward the gills, while the third pumps blood to the rest of the body.
Plants can send chemical signals through their tissues and can also interact with neighboring plants through underground fungal networks.
Although the brain makes up only a small part of body weight, it uses a significant share of the body's energy at rest.
Mercury is the best-known metal that remains liquid at typical room temperatures.
Shark-like animals appeared in Earth's oceans hundreds of millions of years ago, before the first trees evolved.
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