Random Sun Facts

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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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