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9. Toasty Summer Mornings on the Surface of Venus

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Morsel: Venus's surface has temperatures that are hot enough to melt lead.

8. The Age of All that is

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Morsel: The current scientific estimation of the age of the universe is about 13.799 billion years.

7. A nosebleed by another name

Morsel: The medical name for a nosebleed is ‘epistaxis’.

6. The longest word without vowels

Morsel: Twyndyllyngs, which means ‘twins’, is the longest word in English without vowels if obsolete words are considered.

5. Snow in the Sahara

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Morsel: It snowed in the Sahara desert on February 18th, 1979.

4. Walnut's mask restriction

Morsel: In Walnut, California it is illegal for someone to wear a mask or disguise without a permit from the sheriff – so possibly no Halloween costumes without a permit.

3. A slug's “noses”

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Morsel: Slugs have no noses at all: they use two of their tentacles to smell and an air hole to breathe called the 'pneumostome'.

2. Light's trip to Neptune from the Sun

Morsel: It takes about four hours for light from the Sun to reach Neptune.

1. The origin of the word 'Science'

Morsel : The word ‘Science’ comes from the Latin word ‘Scientia’ meaning ‘knowledge’.