Amazing Science Facts
1. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body - laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times
2. At over 2000 kilometers long The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth
3. The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years
4- A typical hurricane produces the energy equivalent to 8,000 one megaton bombs
The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly 500 feet
The interstellar gas cloud Sagittarius B contains a billion, billion, billion liters of alcohol
Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur
The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life
The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day, and, at night, plummets to minus 180 degrees centigrade
The evaporation from a large oak or beech tree is from ten to twenty-five gallons in twenty-four hours
Butterflies taste with their hind feet and their taste sensation works on touch - this allows them to determine whether a leaf is edible
1. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body - laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times
2. At over 2000 kilometers long The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth
3. The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years
4- A typical hurricane produces the energy equivalent to 8,000 one megaton bombs
The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly 500 feet
The interstellar gas cloud Sagittarius B contains a billion, billion, billion liters of alcohol
Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur
The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life
The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day, and, at night, plummets to minus 180 degrees centigrade
The evaporation from a large oak or beech tree is from ten to twenty-five gallons in twenty-four hours
Butterflies taste with their hind feet and their taste sensation works on touch - this allows them to determine whether a leaf is edible