Your DNA could stretch to the Sun and back
All the DNA in your body, if unraveled, would stretch 10 billion miles, enough to reach the Sun and back 61 times, thanks to incredible cellular compaction.
Imagine uncoiling all the DNA from your body and laying it end-to-end; it would stretch an astonishing 10 billion miles. That's enough to reach from Earth to the Sun and back 61 times! Each of your 37.2 trillion cells contains about six feet of DNA, all packed into a nucleus only 0.0002 inches across.
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