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Physics

Sunlight you see is 8 minutes old 

Light needs about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to cross 150 million kilometres, so you always see the Sun as it was, never as it is.

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Physics

Lightning is five times hotter than the Sun

A bolt of lightning heats the air around it to about 30,000°C — roughly five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. That sudden heat is what makes the thunderclap.

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The Eiffel Tower grows in summer

Iron expands when heated, so on hot days the tower can stand up to 15 cm taller — and lean slightly away from the sun.

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