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A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

It briefly heats the air to 30,000°C - and that's what makes the BOOM of thunder.

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Hand-picked questions worth a click.

  1. 01 Why does an octopus have three hearts?
  2. 02 What would happen if you fell into a black hole?
  3. 03 Where do your dreams come from while you sleep?
  4. 04 How big was the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?
  5. 05 Who really invented the light bulb?
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In 1942, On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank received the diary that would become one of the most-read books in the world. READ THE STORY ▸

BONUS FACTS! 💥

Wombats produce cube-shaped poop so it won't roll away. A day on Venus is longer than its whole year. Neutron-star material is so dense a teaspoon would weigh a billion tons.