Science Trivia

  • The back of your hand is called the 'Opisthenar'.
  • Jellyfish evaporates in the sun because they are of 98% water.
  • According to NASA, the moon smells like gunpowder.
  • It's possible to permanently change a brown eyes to blue using a specific type of laser eye surgery.
  • Any free-moving liquid will form itself into a sphere in outer space because of its surface tension.
  • Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. The Wright brother's invented the airplane.
  • Every year, over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
  • The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.
  • The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (equal to 186,287.49 miles per second).
  • It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.
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