Top 25 Interesting Science Facts
Jonas Salk chose not to patent his 1955 polio vaccine, making it more affordable for the millions of people who needed it, as a result, he missed out on earning and estimated US$7 Billion.
If the human population held hands around the Equator, A significant portion of them would drown
Researchers are currently developing a technique to strip away cells of a heart down to its support structure, to be used as a scaffold for stem cells, This will be used to create donor hearts that eliminate the chance of rejection
Aerogel, also know as Frozen smoke, is the world's lowest density solid, clocking in 96% air, if you hold a small piece in you hand, it's practically impossible to either see or feel, but if you poke it, it's like Styrofoam. It supports up to 4000 times its own weight and can withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite. It's also the best insultor in existence.
If you tape two halves of a ping pong ball to your eyes, and stare at a red light while listening to the radio tuned to static, you will have complex and vivid hallucinations
If Earth were to suddenly stop spinning, Inertia would cause everything including ocean water to jerk sideways at 1600 kph
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About 1% of the static on your television is caused by Cosmic Microwave Background radiation left over from the big bang about 13.7 billion years ago
If you could compress the Earth down to the size of a marble, it would collapse in on itself and become a black hole
There's spider in Brazil whose bites can cause an erction that lasts for hours
90 % of your body mass is in fact stardust because all the elements except for hydrogen and helium are created in stars
In morning, Eating an apple will keep you awake better than drinking coffee
Jellyfish evaporate in the sun, The're 98% water
The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades
If you sleep less you crave for junk food and if you over sleep you crave for more sleep
Science Fact, If you tool all of the veins from your body and laid them end to end, you would die
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The brain is only about 2 % of a person's body mass but requires about 20 % of its oxygen and calories
Scientific Fact, 97 % of itches orginate in this region
The human brain produces enough electricity to power a 40 watt light bulb for 24 hours
Did you know? if you're over 100 years old, there's and 80 % chance you're a woman
About 50 % of human DNA is identical to a banana's sequence
Deaf people do not vocalize when they sneeze
This is a photography of a nuclear explosion less than one millisecond after detonation
If you took apart the Eiffel Tower and laid each piece end to end, You'd be arrested and Prosecuted by the French Government
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