• Cancer causes more deaths than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.
• There are more than 100 types of cancers; any part of the body can be affected.
• Over 30% of cancer could be prevented by avoiding tobacco and alcohol, having a healthy diet and physical activity.
• A Marijuana-derived compound forces cancer cells to freeze and prevents them from spreading.
• Do you know facts about cancer that a single cigarette contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to Cause cancer.
• There are more skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning than lung cancer cases due to smoking.
• Taller women are more likely to get cancer
• Pre-diabetes increases cancer risk by 15%.
• Do you know facts about cancer that Pilots and flight attendants are twice as likely to get skin cancer melanoma from higher exposure to UV rays.
• Worldwide, the 5 most common types of cancer that kill men are (in order of frequency): lung, stomach, liver,
  colorectal and oesophagus.
• Do you know facts about cancer that the 5 most common types of cancer that kill women are (in the order of frequency): breast, lung, stomach, colorectal and cervical. In many developing countries, cervical cancer is the most common cancer.
• Those who sleep less than six hours a night are more likely to develop colon cancer than those who sleep more.
• Cancer has two main characteristics: abnormal cell growth and the ability to spread to other parts of the body
  (metastasis).
• Cancer has two main characteristics: abnormal cell growth and the ability to spread to other parts of the body
  (metastasis).
• Do you know facts about cancer that Cancer is the leading cause of death in developed countries and the second leading cause of death in developing countries, after heart disease. Globally, heart disease is the number one killer.
• Nitrites are chemical additives used to preserve and add flavouring to most lunch meats, including cold cuts and hot dogs. Once in the body, they react with body chemicals and turn into cancer-causing carcinogens.
• Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S., with over 2 million cases of skin cancers diagnosed every year. Many cases could be prevented by protecting the skin from overexposure from the sun and avoiding indoor tanning.

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Universe is full of wonders, powerful forces and very interesting astronomy facts. Some of them are strange indeed remarkable and unknown fascinating astronomy facts.

Strange Fascinating Astronomy Facts

• Scientists believe that we can only see about 5% of the matter in the Universe. The rest is made up of invisible
  matter (called Dark Matter) and a mysterious form of energy known as Dark Energy.
• When you look at the Andromeda galaxy (which is 2.3 million light years away), the light you are seeing took 2.3 million years to reach.
• Light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach you, thus you see the sun as it was 8 minutes ago.
• When Galileo viewed Saturn for the first time through a telescope, he described the planet as having “ears”. It was not until 1655 that Christian Huygens suggested the crazy theory that they might be an enormous set
  of rings around the planet. If you could put Saturn in an enormous bathtub, it would float. The planet is less dense than water.
• Jupiter is heavier than all the other planets put together.
• The tallest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons, on Mars at a height of about 15 miles, three times the height of Mount Everest. It covers an area about half the size of Spain.
• If you could travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) it would take 100,000 years to cross
  our galaxy!
• Only one side of the moon ever faces Earth. The moons period of rotation is exactly the same as it’s period of orbit.
• Betelgeuse, the bright star on Orion’s top-left shoulder, is so big that if it was placed where the sun is, it would swallow up Earth, Mars, and Jupiter!
• The atmosphere on Earth is proportionately thinner than the skin on an apple.
• It is estimated that the number of stars in the universe is greater than the number of grains of sand on all the beaches in the world! On a clear night, we can see the equivalent of a handful of sand.
• Every year the sun evaporates 100,000 cubic miles of water from Earth (that weighs 400 trillion tonnes!)
• Astronomers believe that space is not a complete vacuum- there are three atoms per cubic metre.
• Saturn is not the only planet with rings- Neptune has its own ring system.
• Saturn would float if you would put it in water.

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