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1. The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (meters per second- that is equal to 186,287.49 miles per second).
2. It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.
3. October 12th, 1999 was declared "The Day of Six Billion" based on United Nations Earth.
4. 10% of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
5. Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
6. The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
7. Every second around 100 lighting bolts strike the Earth.
8. Every year lightning kills 1000 people.
9. In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf.
10. If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.
11. Humans tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.
12. The Dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.
13. When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.
14. If our Sun were just inch in diameter, the nearest start would be 445 miles away.
15. The Australian billygoat plum contains 100 times more vitamin C than an Orange.
16. The air at the summit of Mount Everest, 29,029 feet is only a third as thick as the air at sea level.
17. DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.
18. The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in 1953.
19. The Thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.
20. The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus- In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.
21.An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650volts.
22. The earliest wine makers lived in Egypt around 23000 BC.
23. The Ebola virus kills 4 out of every 5 humans it infects.
24. Giraffes often sleep for only 20 minutes in any 24 hours. They may sleep up to 2 hours (in spurts -not all at once), but his rare. They never lie down.
25. Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.
Enjoy!
1. The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (meters per second- that is equal to 186,287.49 miles per second).
2. It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.
3. October 12th, 1999 was declared "The Day of Six Billion" based on United Nations Earth.
4. 10% of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
5. Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
6. The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
7. Every second around 100 lighting bolts strike the Earth.
8. Every year lightning kills 1000 people.
9. In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf.
10. If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.
11. Humans tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.
12. The Dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.
13. When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.
14. If our Sun were just inch in diameter, the nearest start would be 445 miles away.
15. The Australian billygoat plum contains 100 times more vitamin C than an Orange.
16. The air at the summit of Mount Everest, 29,029 feet is only a third as thick as the air at sea level.
17. DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.
18. The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in 1953.
19. The Thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.
20. The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus- In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.
21.An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650volts.
22. The earliest wine makers lived in Egypt around 23000 BC.
23. The Ebola virus kills 4 out of every 5 humans it infects.
24. Giraffes often sleep for only 20 minutes in any 24 hours. They may sleep up to 2 hours (in spurts -not all at once), but his rare. They never lie down.
25. Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.
Enjoy!
