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  Top 10 Facts About The Solar System 1: Solar System is 4.6 Billion Years Old The solar system is 4.6 billion years old and 99.86% of its mass is contained in our Sun, a rotating yellow dwarf star whose powerful gravity causes numerous objects to revolve  around it in nearly circular orbits including the planets, moons, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, dust and gas. 2: Sunlight Takes Around 8 Minutes To Reach Earth The Earth is located 93 million miles (150 million kms) away from the Sun, a distance known to astronomers as an astronomical units or AU. Traveling at the speed of light (186,282 miles per second), sunlight is able to cross this vast distance in around 8 minutes 20 seconds. 3: Solar System 2 Light-years Across The size of a solar system is determined by how far its sun’s gravity overpowers other objects in the region, which in the case of the Sun extends to the Oort Cloud, a reservoir ...

  10 Most Mysterious Places In The  World Planet Earth is a wondrous place that never ceases to amaze with its  majestic natural wonders  and jaw-dropping  man-made marvels . But our planet isn’t without its fair share of mysteries, either. If you're fascinated by places with mythical origins or unexplained phenomena  that will give you goosebumps , you’ll be intrigued by these enigmatic spots around the world. 1. The Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle is perhaps the most famous mysterious place in the world. This area of about 500,000 square miles sits in the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida. More than 20 planes and 50 ships are said to have mysteriously vanished into thin air or crashed without explanation. Though vessels manage to pass through the area with ease every day and there are no more disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other large, well-traveled area of the ocean, the unexplained accidents ha...

 12  Amazing Facts You  May  Don't Know About India India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain. And here are 12 Indians facts to support his statement : 1. A floating post office India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011. 2. The highest cricket ground in the world At an altitude of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world. It was built in 1893 and is a part of the Chail Military School. 3 . Science day in Switzerland is dedicated to Ex-In...