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There’s a tangible duality of science - on one side, it appears to be pretty dull with all the formulas, calculations, and indecipherable scribblings only understood by white-cloaked people. On the other hand, science facts like these, for instance, from @WeeklySciFact’s Twitter, are nothing but fascinating and invigorating. So, maybe we should just leave the calculations to the pros and instead enjoy their delightful Eureka! moments distilled into short cool facts, shall we?
You know what the best part of this cool science facts collection is? Well, besides them being thoroughly entertaining, they also come from various science branches. Nope, it’s not only chemistry and physics that get to shine here, but also botany, zoology, astronomy, and so on and so forth. Basically, a cool science fact for absolutely anyone’s taste and interest. Oh, and there’s more - all of these bits of info are bona fide scientific facts. Meaning they are verified and true. So, if you’d like to impress someone with an unbelievable fact without them winning in Google research later on, you can be sure that these babies are the bee's knees.
So, ready to dive deep into the waters of fun science facts? If so, scroll on down below and check them all out! Rank the most interesting facts to the top of the list by giving them your vote, and share this article with your friends after you’re done with all of the above!
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N Miller 3 years ago
There are plans to. They've only developed and proved its efficiency comparatively recently. It'll take a while to be cost effective to manufacture for mass rollout and implementation
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Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
Yes, certain types of clear glass can function as solar panels. These are often referred to as transparent solar panels or solar glass. They are designed to allow visible light to pass through while absorbing and converting ultraviolet and infrared light into electricity. This technology allows windows and other transparent surfaces to generate power, potentially transforming buildings into solar farms.
Robert B 3 years ago
You seem offended by a probability of offense, and a low one at that. Do you get dizzy chasing your own logic all day, or are you used it now?
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The Realist 3 years ago
Congrats on a factually incorrect post. I'll file that right next to "the ozone layer will be gone in 10 years" from 1990.
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goodguybrad 3 years ago
So if i bleed 10 meters underwater my blood is green? That`s pretty cool
TurnedAmoeba 3 years ago
Hmmm, looks green, I would say so without light, but if someone took a picture of it with a flash, still red? I'd like to see the green.
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Just a ray of f'ing sunshine 3 years ago
I'd hate to be the person bleeding down there so they could figure that out!
Ghost Of Writer's Past 3 years ago
I mean, that's cool and all, until all the green blood tells everything down there that it's lunchtime. 🤷🏾♂️
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Deborah Harris2 3 years ago
It's the fetal and embryonic stem cells that cause the uproar, bone marrow ones not so much
Load More Replies... Rod McCabe 3 years ago
And thats strange because religious freaks DON'T want anyone to see and just to "guess."
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
And the Koala species called the Drop Bear, waits in trees ready for an animal to walk underneath them, then drops on the targets head. Killing the animal and leaving a feast for the carnivorous Drop Bear. They have been know to target people, so keep your eyes out when walking about in Australia.
Robert B 3 years ago
I heard they store their venom in their smooth brains.
Load More Replies... Danish Susanne 2 years ago
But if you warm up the tree, you cool down because your heat goes to the tree.
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Jody Whitmarsh 3 years ago
400 years that we know of.. did we have the ability to see it like that, and monitor it. before the 1600s?
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
No. The words "at least" should have been used.
Load More Replies... Nathaniel 3 years ago
At school a fellow student was called Jupiter, because he had a Great Red Spot on his neck.
Fat Harry 3 years ago
We had a guy at school with a brown birthmark on his mouth and chin. He was called Shitlip.
Load More Replies... Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter has likely existed for at least 190 years, possibly much longer. While observations from the 17th century suggest a similar feature existed then, it's unlikely to be the same storm we see today according to a study from AGU Publications. The current Great Red Spot is believed to have formed around 1831.
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Temporary Dork 3 years ago (edited)
I am the idiot who wanted a recount... By my calculations: 1 ml water = 3.3*10^22 molecules | 1 teaspoon = 5 ml = 1.65*10^23 molecules | 1.65*10^23 teaspoons of water = 8.25*10^20 liter = 8.25*10^17 m3 || Ocean volume = 13.7*10^17 m3 = more. Where did I go wrong?
Temporary Dork 2 years ago
I just realized - I forgot to count the atoms in the spoon.
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RandomFrog(He/They️️) 3 years ago
We learned about atoms in science a while ago but this finally put it into perpspctive how small they are
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Or it could just save time and buy some locally produced honey down at the Farmer's market.
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Duesvolent90 3 years ago
I've probably gone 20000m because my computer for some reason IS TAKING SO DAMN LONG TO LOAD YOUR AWESOME COMMENTS!!!
Nevid 3 years ago
Your linear speed is highly dependent on where you are on the globe. It's maximum (1666 km/h at sea level) at the equator and zero at the poles. Where I'm standing in the middle of mainland France, the linear speed due to rotation is about 1134 km/h. In Reykjavik, it's 727 km/h. It would take 3.1 s for someone at the equator (at sea level) to be displaced by 1450m, it would take me 4.6 s and 7.2 s for someone in Reykjavik. That's why unless you specify where you're talking about, linear speed it pointless when talking about rotation.
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Jennifer Clayton 3 years ago
Ah, yes, exploiting Africa to benefit Europe is the resource analysis equivalent of using a banana for scale.
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
It's still impossible, the Sahara is filled with sand after all. One big blow, and all the solar panels are covered with it.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
There is a firm in Denmark called Rema 1000, that has built a new big storage with suncell roofs. And bought a 100 electric trucks. Needless to say I buy a lot of my groceries there.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
They are also fast runners, their only weakness during a triathlon is the bicycle stage.
Mad Haberdasheress 3 years ago
As a confirmed Crazy Cat Lady, I can attest that some cats do, in fact, love water! I've had several, of different breeds and some unidentifiable mixes, who would join me unannounced in the shower and paddle happily in the garden pool I have in the back yard.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Puma are also very fast swimmers with a huge amount of stamina along with mountain lions. Leopards will chase prey into water and follow them for several miles as well.
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago (edited)
All three of my cats LOVE (or loved) the water! One runs and jumps in the tub the moment I get home, hoping for playtime. Too cute!
Elizabeth Krigsvold 3 years ago
I've got a foster cat who LOVES to be in the shower with anyone
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Don't be silly. We never made it to the Moon! The Moon is just a holographic projection created by our secret Lizard Overlords!
Ingrid Nog 3 years ago
No way, man, the Moon is a huge cheese wheel. That's how they got to film it and make it look so realistic. LOL
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Rod McCabe 3 years ago
Death decreases heart disease by 100%. And suicide is a fix for depression.
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Robert B 3 years ago
Most of the oxygen comes from the ocean. Which we are buggering up faster than we bigger up the rainforest. So yeah. Breathe deep, it may not last long.
Lauren S 3 years ago
Really? How does oxygen come from the ocean? I’ve never heard that before.
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WindySwede 3 years ago
Not true as I understand. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/why-amazon-doesnt-produce-20-percent-worlds-oxygen
Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
These science “facts” are incredibly misleading in the way they are stated. Yeah, 20% of the oxygen in earth may come from the Amazon rain forest, but over 70% comes from algae in the ocean and no one is crying over lost algae.
Rod McCabe 3 years ago
No. It maybe used to be. Last year (2021) a report came out that the Amazon rainforest was GIVING OFF more CO2 than it was taking in. But, of course, typically, no one cares.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
Except I just looked it up and it's closer to 6-9%. And most of that is consumed by the local animals.
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ThatG 3 years ago
They have to take the most perfect ones in order to coat them in resin for the production of dice.
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
"I don't understand that". Didn't expect a Good Life reference here!
Load More Replies... Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Apart from me following a very boring weekend with friends that consisted of mostly eating beans and fermented stuff, following which, on getting home, I stuffed myself with Eggs, meatballs, al Dente Pasta and anything starchy - along with drinking far, far too much of anything alcoholic (it was a horrid weekend and I've never spoken or met the couple again. The first time I went for a c**p (2 days after we got back FYI), I think I passed a prickly pear, followed by a small pineapple - I thought I was going to prolapse. Thankfully, following the liberal, internal, application of Germolene the pain went away after a day or so ...... Poor wombats .
Monosyllabic girl 3 years ago
I had a similar experience after eating hospital food for 7 days 🤣 I think spending a weekend with a boring couple who feeds you mostly beans and fermented stuff may have been even more painful than my abdominal surgery was!
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Asher Tye 3 years ago
Judging by the clothing choices, I'd say they loose their sense of taste a little earlier.
Kimberly Banow 3 years ago
So "acquired tastes" means you can now tolerate food that has become less tasty as you get older? :(
Lorraine R 3 years ago
Well, it's when you start wondering why things never taste as good anymore as they did when you were a kid.
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TurnedAmoeba 3 years ago
Well yes, when you sprinkle a cigarette on something, it kind of just tastes like smoke 😂
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May light defeat the darkness 3 years ago
How come I still do not lose my appetite? Would have helped me control my diet.😢
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The Realist 3 years ago
Once again proving that Spider Man is in fact the best super hero ever.
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Duesvolent90 3 years ago (edited)
Bout 112 bananas give or take the average banana being 7-8 inches or 175mm
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Billy Harrelson 3 years ago
But do you have inside you the blood of kings?
Load More Replies... Kimberly Banow 3 years ago
Doesn't that mean humans are immortal as long as our family tree keeps growing?
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
I think this is an American thing. I've never known a cow to *not* be grass-fed.
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Carla Phillips 3 years ago
Ok, please don't laugh at me... cow farts really cause climate change?
The Realist 3 years ago
Seems harmless...take an animal who lives on land and eats grass and ruffage, feed it seaweed instead just because hippies are offended by said animals farts. What could go wrong?
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
But when caught in a nuclear explosion, they become giant and attack cities with famous landmarks. Godzilla Versus The Tardigrades. Coming soon to a cinema near you!
Josh McJunkin 3 years ago
They can also apparently jump through dimensions using the mycilial web
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Rod McCabe 3 years ago
Correction, Nathaniel, this may seem weird but those have been measured at about 45-50mph. Seriously.
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N Miller 3 years ago
Isn't it the case that if you stood at the base you couldn't see the top because it's over the horizon (or something like that?)
Billy Harrelson 3 years ago
I saw it was the size of the state of Arizona. Also, judging by the photo, it was probably an island when Mars had water.
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Josh McJunkin 3 years ago
Not to mention the explosive decompression of that pinhead sized piece
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Jody Whitmarsh 3 years ago
Time for tea and meds.. so stop counting atoms now. Shhhh. Shh. shhhhhh
Load More Replies... Rod McCabe 3 years ago
I just counted them on you, Nathaniel. You missed one, theres... 174. Anyone can make that mistake.
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Robert B 3 years ago
Every time I’ve seen “now thought” in a scientific context it usually means “ we have evidence, we have something specific to look for, and we have lots of data that the grad students haven’t finished going over yet”. More yes than no but not quite yes yet.
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Jay Walsh 3 years ago
my dog just ran head first into the storm door as I was about to let him out. We have lived here 9 years...
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Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
Whatever, my cats know exactly what I'm saying to them, they just ignore me
liz MacClain 1 year ago
I've got a labradoodle German shepherd and he is so smart it's terrifying. I love it
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Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
Hammers obviously, because when I get tired of carrying the feathers, I have a place to sleep. I still gotta carry the hammers to the hotel
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Cosmologist wannabe 2 years ago
yes. Some insects have special antibiotics near their mouths so that they don't get infections.
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Hey! 3 years ago
For me it would be "eat them and die"! I'm extremely allergic to those.
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Lauren S 3 years ago
I think that makes one twin eat the other twin…. So embryotic cannibalism?
Load More Replies... Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
This is just wrong. It’s so wrong. Yes there is embryonic cannibalism but tiger sharks birth between 10-35 live pups each litter. There isn’t one single survivor. These science “facts” are dumb.
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Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
I want a pet tiger! I would name him George, and love him and sqeeze him and get mauled by him...
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ThatG 3 years ago
The number of people left on earth between you and the oldest person gets smaller every day.
Load More Replies... Paul Brown 1 year ago
The amount of people who are older than you will never increase. Yes, I read it on Bored.
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Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago (edited)
Ah yes, the republicunt. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Republicunt
Load More Replies... The Realist 3 years ago
I have an idea. I'm bored, so let me take a scientific post that has nothing to do with politics and turn it political by insulting approximately half of the population who voted for a particular candidate in a US election. That should liven things up!
Robert B 3 years ago
It helps them know which way is up. Air in head, a*s full of lead.
Load More Replies... Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
No, the brain of a Tory MP or anything Republican in the USA is a tragic waste of oxygen ...
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Shannon Hawks 3 years ago
Better than a dumbass Democrat who thinks there is a money tree behind the White House
Furious George 3 years ago
Are you somehow unaware that the economy is in a constant cycle of being improved by Democrats and then destroyed by Republicans? They will literally tank the economy on their way out to make democrats look bad. "Doing your own research" is supposed to actually involve looking things up, not watching a "news" network that has to keep going to court to claim that they are actually "entertainment" and that is why it's ok that nothing they say is true. Fox has had to do this SEVERAL times.
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Headless Roach 3 years ago
I'm currently sipping dinosaur p**s. Enough of internets for today.
Deborah Harris2 3 years ago
Yet if you think about it just how many dinosaurs have been discovered? Wouldn't it mean that there would be more dinosaur bones than dirt on the Earth? My brain hurts ..
Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
First off, finding dinosaurs' bones isn't exactly easy because they aren't just in the dirt. Fossils are found in rock because they have had at least 65 million years to be compressed. That's if they even ended up in a good situation to be fossilized.
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I am somewhat amazed at how they slowed it down. On Earth a parachute works fine, but Mars has very little atmosphere
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Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the premise of the original Star Trek series? They weren't exploring new galaxies, just different solar systems in the milky way...
Lorraine R 3 years ago
Yup. They did get to the edge of the galaxy in "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" by accident, because Spock lost his mind and sent them there, but they got back okay. Oh, and Spock did find his mind again, with help from that week's guest star.
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John Ambrose 3 years ago
Science fact: brains require sensory organs in order to 'detect' anything.
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Lorraine R 3 years ago
Males haves antlers as well, but they shed them at the end of the mating season, before winter begins.
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Jill Bussey 3 years ago
They also create the edges of their shells to fit the rock on which they live.
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Ploploplop 3 years ago
They do not keep each other warm, they lessen the heat loss that would occur if they were alone. Contact with the cold earth and increased surface area exposed to the elements hasten heat loss. By bundling together they reduce surface area and lessen contact with the cold ground.
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Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Another fact is that 3/4's of the Worlds population has no idea what it's like to die of starvation or disease or see your family die in front of you or so many other things, yet they still kick back against people trying to flee situations that the people trying to flee these scenarios. Shame on them, shame on their communities and more to the point shame on them if they have ever voted for a political party that thinks it's OK to stop vulnerable people entering their country to both be safe and aim for a better life for them and their family.
Mad Haberdasheress 3 years ago
My best friend from high school has a 12 year old son who has never seen snow. They live in south Georgia. He keeps begging his dad to let him come visit me (North Idaho) in the winter, lol.
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Simon Tue Clemmensen 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure my ADHD makes my brain aware of a lot more than 40 bits. It can't handle it though.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
That is exactly the way I have had it described to me.
Load More Replies... TurnedAmoeba 3 years ago
Wait, so my brain takes in 11 million bits but is only aware of 40 million oh, because the grammar, yeah, just 40. Sorry. 40 bits.
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Misty Moon 3 years ago
The females only get up to 2.6 grams. Seems rather small for even a dry teabag.
Karen Fernley 3 years ago (edited)
3 or 4 grams, depending on the teabag brand
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Paul Brown 1 year ago
I remember when I was in the Navy we were told not to smoke on the flight deck because the glow from a cigarette could be seen from over a mile. On another note, everyone should experience being way out in the middle of the ocean at night. It is awe inspiring!
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roepi 3 years ago
Not entirely accurate. There are over 30 thousand lions or panthera leo in Africa. It's a sub-species that has only so few members. The west african lion or Panthera leo leo. They are near indistinguishable from regular lions too but they don't mingle. Regular lions have partially overlapping habitats.
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El Cucuy 3 years ago (edited)
Why are the formal, scientific names for body parts being censored? This will probably offend scientists the most, which is the opposite of the intended effect, isn't it?
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
R****m was censored and A**s wasn't? Good grief, BP! Just stop.
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
Oh. Well, both scientific terms were censored here. THANK GOODNESS! /s
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Jill Bussey 3 years ago
Where it stays for approximately one hour. although some food will begin to pass through into the small intestine after about ten minutes.
Frando Bone 3 years ago
apparently it might offend someone somewhere somehow...but only that one person so it must be censored.
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago (edited)
That explains how a dolphin can commit suicide by stopping to breathe, as I read that one did, when it (I don't remember which sex) was separated from it's friend.
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SmooshyFries 3 years ago
Soooo I should expect a huge class action lawsuit to get started soon for those of who had asbestos snow covered trees back in the day??
roepi 3 years ago
The science said asbestos is dangerous from early in the 20th century. It's politicians and companies that didn't care.
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Lorraine R 3 years ago
So that means we spend about 4.7 years of our lives with our eyes closed.
Lauren S 3 years ago
Sounds about right. Walking around with our eyes closed.
Load More Replies... Duesvolent90 3 years ago
"That was my last blink..ahhhhhhhhhhh...." Ok what did you get. Hell I lost count 7 years ago...750 million it is!
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Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
If molecules were to completely stop moving, their atoms would have precise locations and velocities of zero. However, quantum mechanics states that no object can have precise values for both position and velocity at the same time. This residual motion results in ZPE.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
This doesn't sound right. If you remove every amount of energy, there could be no energy left.
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Ploploplop 3 years ago
They actually go into a sort of suspended animation where even their heart stops. This is an evolutionary tactic as the juveniles will have had a season to grow. When they thaw, they are ready to aggressively feed, rather than taking weeks to mature to a level where they can fend for themselves, allowing them first dibs on food sources as compared to other competitors in their ecosystem.
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Lauren S 3 years ago
What is a nonparty use for helium? (Not trying to be snarky, genuinely asking how else we use it)
Tom Murphy 3 years ago
welding, semiconductor manufacturing, MRI magnet cooling, airbags, diving
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Crazy Meerkat Lady 3 years ago
If everything gets renewed, shouldn't we live longer and also feel better every 7 years?
Mentally unstable on a table 3 years ago (edited)
They replicate how they are after the 7 years, i think it was - so they'd be 7 years older each time? Like the first cells you were made of got to be 7 years old and then went through mitosis, replicating into two 7 year old cells, etc etc. Hope that helped! /gen
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Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
Also the sky inside a rainbow is brighter than the sky outside it.
Frank Miller 3 years ago
There is no sky inside of a rainbow A rainbow is the result of light separating through a prism, it has no volume, and therefore contains no sky.
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PattyK 3 years ago
You mean bowhead whales are the longest-living mammals. Hyphen makes a difference in the meaning.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Yes you are correct. The longest living mammal must be the blue whale
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Honest Dave 3 years ago
Swallowing its own brain is thought to be the number one cause of Woodpecker related suicides, usually occuring if they fart mid-peck
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Nenya 3 years ago
COME ON!!! No, the Eiffel Tower does not ‘grow’!! But, yes, it does variate in height winter to summer, due to a natural physical phenomenon called thermal expansion (and I would not have cared at all, if it weren’t for an account calling themself Science Facts…)
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Sorry lovely ' variate' is not a word - it's a US bastardisation of the proper word which is 'vary' - if you are going to use a language, please ensure you use it properly. Yours most sincerely a despairing pedant.
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jace cosby 3 years ago
549,450,549 more years if I can math correctly at this moment...
Load More Replies... The Realist 3 years ago
This doesn't take into account the number of trees that are planted each year. This is a very misleading post. Trees naturally produce offspring just like any other living thing, and some evil corporations have programs in place to replace some of the trees cut down due to their operations.
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Duesvolent90 3 years ago (edited)
One cat: "Hold up. Treat involved? Early feeding? The stuff that makes me see colors melt?"
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Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
And the reason that one leg of the V is longer than the other is because there's more birds on that side.
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poiplescales 3 years ago
Reminds me of my favorite science joke. "what do you do with a sick scientist? If you can't helium, or curium, you must barium."
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Honest Dave 3 years ago
Scientist 1: Behold, the majestic male seahorse, the ONLY animal ever where the male gives birth! Scientist 2: Are you SURE, that one isn't the female? Scientist 1: ABSOLUTELY! I made NO mistake in classifying this beautifully bizarre case of nature.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I am not sure it is the only animal ever, just the only we know of today
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TheQueenZ 3 years ago
Except for a complete psychological breakdown, I bet. If you keep me awake for 11 days I cannot be held responsible for the havoc I will wreak.
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
So my biology teacher was incorrect, when he said that humans and chimpanzees are the only animals that uses tools. I have known it for years but this about bats is news to me.
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
40 km wide? I think I understand why you don't get along with her
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Olivia Dean 3 years ago
You don't need a citation for basic maths .. just add that up yourself!!
Load More Replies... Lorraine R 3 years ago
Apollo 17, December 1972; the only nighttime launch. I was standing on the porch roof of our house in Virginia, hoping to see *something*. About 10-12 minutes after the launch, there was a brilliant fiery streak across the sky -- the first stage of the rocket burning up in the atmosphere as it fell back to earth. Very, very cool.
Load More Replies... Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
This post is so incorrect. Apollo 11 traveled a total distance of 953,054 miles during its eight-day mission. This includes the journey to the Moon, time spent in lunar orbit, time on the lunar surface, and the return trip to Earth. The spacecraft traveled approximately 240,000 miles to reach the Moon.
roepi 3 years ago
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Olivia Dean 3 years ago
My Brown Isa's are awesome! Last winter was sooo cold and dark (more than usual for Melbourne), so we had an egg hiatus for 6 weeks. Good little girls. But they keep breaking into my lillies ....
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
That would have to be a very big beach ball. I found a table that says, that if the sun were 1,4 m then earth would be 1,3 mm (an extremely small pea)
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Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
It's black/purple to keep it from getting sunburned
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Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
But as far as I know it takes more energy to create than it generates. Also the reactions are milliseconds long.
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Duesvolent90 3 years ago (edited)
The exact speed of a Nope. All situations apply, we've all done it..
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Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
This fact is mostly bogus. To begin with, the aerodynamics of the vehicle have a lot to do with it. A tractor-trailor and a sports car will have completely opposite aerodynamic properties. Also, gearing and engine powerbands have much more to do with fuel economy on a normal car. If you know your trans gearing compared to final drive ratio, you can easily compare speeds and see that it doesn't take any more RPM to travel at 45 or 60, depending on the gear.
Lauren S 3 years ago
I do not know my trans gearing or final drive ratio, nor powerbands. So I’m just going to trust you on this one, Jeff. The part about drastically different aerodynamic properties sounds very logical.
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Jason Gervais 3 years ago
I respectfully disagree with your conclusions Jeff. While different vehicles have very different aerodynamic properties, the fact remains that aerodynamic drag increases in proportion to velocity. As speed increases, the amount of energy required to overcome drag increases, regardless of how smooth and slippery a vehicle is. That's why you can't double a car's top speed by simply halving the gear ratios.
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Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
They determine this by fishing for them and measuring how fast they can pull the line out.
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Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
Cows produce methane gas, not carbon dioxide
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Crazy Meerkat Lady 3 years ago
Scientist 1: "Is it brighter than the sun?" Scientist 2: "Yes, 1 billion times brighter!" Scientist 1: "Woooohooo! Awesome man, we did it!" Scientist 2: "Now what?" Scientist 1: "Moving on, lets determine how often chimpanzees build new tree nests."
Jeff Gabrisl 3 years ago
Scientist 2: Do you wanna go fry some ants first?
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
That is right, but it sounds fun when you compare to stuff that usually just powers us
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Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
Male platypuses produce a clear, sticky venom during mating season that's delivered through hollow spurs on their hind legs. While not lethal to humans, the venom's effects are extremely painful and can include: Immediate, intense pain: Described as "devastating" and worse than shrapnel Swelling: Local swelling that can last for months Muscle wasting: Particularly in the affected hand Nausea and cold sweats Lymph node swelling Hypersensitivity to pain: Can last up to three months
imsouravmitra 3 years ago
How do we get this fact? Who got their medium-sized dog stung and killed by a male platypus?
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
But if that is so, how do they change color to match their surroundings?
Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
Octopuses change color using specialized pigment-containing cells called chromatophores located beneath their skin. These cells are controlled by muscles and nerves, allowing the octopus to expand or contract them, changing the amount of pigment visible and thus the color of their skin.
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Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
Because these are “science facts” not “math facts” gah!
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Kathryn Clark 3 years ago
They give birth standing up, too. It can be a six foot drop to the ground when calves are born.
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Ray McArdle 3 years ago
There's already enough jeans to give everyone two pairs. Stop making the darn things!
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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Maybe we just don't yet understand how insect physiology processes pain.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I think it is unlikely, that there is anything living that has no warning mechanism to avert danger, os we do feeling pain. Even plants have.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Then how do you explain certain humans doing deadly dangerous things time and again, with no gain to be had?
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Lorraine R 3 years ago
Father Christmas is a magical being with his very own warp speed generator.
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Tom Hutcherson 5 months ago
https://news.mit.edu/2018/first-ionic-wind-plane-no-moving-parts-1121
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Kathy Wilbourne 3 years ago
Surely you mean when exposed to air since it's not used with water
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
No. There is enough water vapour in the air to make it work
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Abdullah Collins 3 years ago
As a stargazer, all those satellite are like sky pollution. Last year alone they were interrupting my telescope views once a night on average
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Nenya 3 years ago
So many mistakes in this?! Had to stop reading, didn’t even make it half way through, my blood pressure couldn’t take it.. I am all for fun facts, but don’t call it science if you don’t even do basic fact checks! Grrr.. Don’t mind me, I’ll eat some sugar now…
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
This could have been such an interesting list if they had cited sources. I definitely don't know everything but I do know there were errors in this list and I gave up after like 20 of them. If I'm going to take the time to read some fun facts they sure as heck need to be verifiable fun facts.
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Iris Hidalgo 3 years ago
I agree, too much of anything is bad. In NC we don't get those crazy amounts
Nenya 3 years ago
So many mistakes in this?! Had to stop reading, didn’t even make it half way through, my blood pressure couldn’t take it.. I am all for fun facts, but don’t call it science if you don’t even do basic fact checks! Grrr.. Don’t mind me, I’ll eat some sugar now…
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
This could have been such an interesting list if they had cited sources. I definitely don't know everything but I do know there were errors in this list and I gave up after like 20 of them. If I'm going to take the time to read some fun facts they sure as heck need to be verifiable fun facts.
Load More Replies... Iris Hidalgo 3 years ago
I agree, too much of anything is bad. In NC we don't get those crazy amounts
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