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- Elizabeth Yuko
- Interesting facts you’ll want to share with everyone. Random fun facts catch us off guard in the best possible way. They’re unexpected or unusual bits of knowledge from the worlds of science, history, and pop culture that delight and entertain us—and anyone we share them with.
- Fact: The world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years. It was found in 2002, approximately 12 miles south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and is now housed in the city’s museum.
- Fact: Dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust. Here’s an interesting science fact for you: According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour—and they have to go somewhere when we’re indoors.
- Fact: Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world. Not only does Sudan have more pyramids than Egypt, but the numbers aren’t even close. While 138 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt, Sudan boasts around 255.
- Three presidents, all Founding Fathers—John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe—died on July 4. Presidents Adams and Jefferson also died the same year, 1826; President Monroe died in 1831.
- The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair.
- There actually aren’t “57 varieties” of Heinz ketchup, and never were. Company founder H.J. Heinz thought his product should have a number, and he liked 57.
- One of President John Tyler’s grandsons is still alive today—and he was born in 1790. How is this possible? President Tyler, the 10th US president, was 63 when his son Lyon Tyler was born in 1853; Lyon’s son was born when he was 75.
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- Glaciers and Ice Sheets Hold About 69 Percent of The World's Freshwater.
- The Fastest Gust of Wind Ever Recorded on Earth Was 253 Miles Per hour.
- Recent Droughts in Europe Were The Worst in 2,100 years.
- The Best Place in The World to See Rainbows Is in Hawaii.
- There Are Fossilized Plants in Greenland Under 1.4 Km of Ice.
- Whale Songs Can Be Used to Map Out The Ocean Floor.
- New Creatures Have Been Found in Deep-Sea Volcanoes.
- Mount Everest Is Bigger Now Than The Last Time It Was measured.
- Climate Change Is Causing Flowers to Change Color.
- Dentistry Is The Oldest Profession in The World.
Just over 96 percent of the total amount of the world's water is held in its oceans, according to Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resourcesvia the United States Geological Survey (USGS). However, that's primarily saltwater. To find the bulk of the world's freshwater, you need to trek to the poles, as 68.7 percent of it is encase...
Hang on to your hats because this isn't your average wind storm. In 1996, a tropical cyclone named Olivia hit off the coast of Barrow Island, Australia with such force that it broke an incredible record. According to The Weather Channel, "Olivia's eyewall produced five extreme three-second wind gusts, the peak of which was a 253 mph gust," which bl...
Europe has been experiencing serious dry spells and extreme heat since 2015, which has caused major droughts. Research done led by the University of Cambridge (and published on the National Centers for Environmental Informationwebsite) looked at isotopes in the rings of old European Oak trees in Central Europe which formed over thousands of years t...
If you're an avid rainbow gazer and want to get your fill of the beautiful phenomenon, look no further than the state of Hawaii. A 2021 study published by the American Meteorological Societynoted that the area's "mountains produce sharp gradients in clouds and rainfall, which are key to abundant rainbow sightings." Air pollution, pollen, and a larg...
Around 80 percent of Greenland is covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which Britannica explains is the "largest and possibly the only relic of the Pleistocene glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere." But has it always been so icy? Well, at the bottom of a 1.4 km core sample, which was taken in 1966 at Camp Century, researchers found "well-preserved...
Fin whales are basically the Barry White of the ocean. The deep, bellowing songs that males use to attract mates are considered to be the loudest of all marine life and can be "heard up to 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) away," according to Scientific American. They can also be used to sonically map out the ocean floor thanks to the fact that the soun...
Finding previously undiscovered organisms in the depths of the ocean may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi horror film, but a 2020 study of a deep-sea volcano near New Zealand, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, uncovered "over 90 putative bacterial and archaeal genomic families...
Mount Everest may not have physically grown, having reached maturitya long time ago, but the most recent measurement performed by surveyors representing China and Nepal has the mountain peak standing taller than we'd thought in the past. Previous readings have ranged from 29,002 feet above sea level in 1856 down to 20,029 in 1955, according to NPR....
Don't worry, your prized red roses aren't going to turn turquoise overnight, but an increase in UV radiation due to the ozone layer deteriorating over the past decades has caused flowers all over the globe to change. A 2020 study led by Clemson University scientists determined that the UV pigmentation in flowershas increased over time which has led...
Dentistry goes all the way back to when humans first had teeth… well, not quite that long. However, one study found evidence of teeth being drilledin skulls that dates from 7,500 to 9,000 years ago. The holes were likely made using a prehistoric bow drill. Could that be the work of the first dentist? Other biting researchconducted by the University...
- American flags left on the moon will eventually get bleached white by the sun.
- While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein.
- White-faced capuchin monkeys greet each other by sticking their fingers up each others’ noses.
- Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."
Apr 9, 2024 · Finland has ranked as the happiest country in the world for 7 years straight. Bottlenose dolphins are the only other species to have names for themselves. Your brain alone burns around 400 to 500 ...
Jul 27, 2020 · Gossip and complaining make up approximately 80% of most people's conversations. [28] Developing a larger vocabulary may help protect you against depression. It allows you to precisely label--and confront--subtle emotions. [30] Riding or sitting on a sea turtle in the United States is a 3rd degree felony.
