The number of galaxies out there is pretty unthinkable. It is the only single living entity visible from space.Ģ2. It covers approximately 350,000 square kilometers and is over 2,000 kilometers long. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth. There’s a natural structure on Earth that you can potentially spot from the Moon. The entire population of planet Earth could fit inside the boundaries of Los Angeles! 21. Probably not worth the squeeze, take our word for it! Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries are therefore not technically ‘berries’! 20. Grapes, watermelons and bananas are technically berries! By definition a ‘berry’ has seeds found internally, usually surrounded by a fleshy mass and covered with an outer skin. The secret to its immortality is explained by the fact that upon reaching maturity, it can and does revert back to being a polyp. There’s a sea creature that can live forever.Ī jellyfish which is ‘immortal’ has been discovered! The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish can technically live forever. The X chromosome is the only chromosome affected by the condition. Color blindness seems to be a gender issue.Ĭolor blindness occurs more frequently in men than women. This is thanks to tectonic plates! It technically moves approximately 7.5cm every year. Bats are famously unique.īelieve it or not, Hawaii is gradually moving closer and closer towards Alaska. The Magnus effect is the name given to the power of ‘flight’ delivered to a ball, derived from it being ‘spun’ as it moves through the air. The Amazon rainforest is responsible for around 20% of all oxygen on Earth. We owe the Amazon the air that we breathe. Worth keeping in mind the next time you’re cooking up rice or pasta!ġ3.
What boils quicker – cold or hot water?Ī surprising phenomena is that cold water heats up faster than hot water! This is known as the Mpemba effect. There is no letter ‘J’ in the periodic table. Many of us have radioactive fruit in our fruit bowls! Containing potassium, which decays, bananas are slightly radioactive! 11. You have enough DNA in your body to, if fully unravelled, stretch from Pluto to the Sun – not just once, but a staggering 17 times. Who’s counting?Įxperts at NASA believe there are between 100 and 400 billion stars in our Milky Way, which is a far smaller number than that of the estimated number of trees on earth! That figure is calculated to be around 3.04 trillion! 9. He amassed a fortune of approximately $15.8 billion. The wealthiest scientist in the world to date was John Watson.
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