Science Facts

Here is a list of all the interesting scientific/ science facts which you didn’t know. These facts will amaze you, and you will find that there is a lot of stuff related to different food stuff which is very interesting.

• Carbon has the highest melting point among all the elements!
• Light Travels 18 million times faster than rain!
• The exact speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s !
• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated!
• Around a million, billion neutrinos from the Sun will pass through your body while you read this sentence!
• To escape the Earth’s gravity a rocket need to travel at 7 miles a second!
• Light would take 0.13 seconds to travel around the Earth!
• Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive!
• Until a study published in 1905 by Carnegie scientist Nettie Stevens that identified the Y chromosome, gender was thought to be caused by environmental factors, such as passion for sex, nutrition, and temperature. These theories had their roots in Aristotle’s theories constructed over 2000 years ago!
• Trees do not grow higher than 130m as it is physically impossible for the water to rise higher!
• Albert Einstein never received a Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity!
• We can produce laser light a million times brighter than sunshine!
• Recycling old aluminium uses only 5% of the energy used to make new aluminium!
• At room temperature, mercury is the only metal that is in liquid form !
• When travelling through water, sound moves around four times faster than when it travels through the air!
• The Earth’s magnetic field is responsible for deflecting the solar wind (charged particles that come from the Sun)!
• Nuclear power provides around 14% of the world’s electricity!
• While Newton’s older law of universal gravitation is accurate in most scenarios, modern physics uses Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity to describe gravity!
• A magnifying glass uses the properties of a convex shaped lens to magnify an image, making it easier to see!
• Tides are caused by the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational effects of the Moon and Sun!
• The Sun creates energy through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium!
• Enriched uranium is a crucial element for both nuclear weapons and nuclear power production!
• Things invisible to the human eye can often be seen under UV light, which comes in handy for both scientists and detectives!
• Liquid nitrogen boils at 77 kelvin (−196 °C, −321 °F)!
• Water can work against gravity, moving up narrow tubes in a process called capillary action!
• The world’s biggest source of energy for producing electricity comes from coal!
• When water freezes, it expands by 10%!
• The word LASER stands for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation!
• The two highest recorded IQs ever belonged to women!

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