As a non-scientist living with a scientist, it's pretty safe to say my mind gets blown by science on the daily. Like I thought I had the way the world worked all figured out, but it's a lot more scientific and amazing than I gave it credit for. The world is a wonderful place, and science makes it so much better.
Here are 17 science facts that might just blow your mind:
1. Sound can kill you
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In fact, 160 decibels of sound will cause you to go deaf and 200 decibels (3x higher than a fire alarm) can actually rupture your lung (via degreed)
2. You can drive to space in an hour
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If you could drive upwards at 60mph (95 km/h), it would only take you about an hour to get into space (via Focus Science and Technology)
3. A single lightning bolt contains enough energy to toast 100,000 pieces of bread
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(via Huffington Post)
4. A fart weights 0.0371 grams
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The more you know (via Jenab's Fireside Chats)
5. Your brain generates enough energy to power a light bulb
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That's only when you're awake though(via Planet Science)
6. Believe it or not, clouds aren't light and fluffy
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In fact, a cumulus cloud can weigh as much as 80 elephants (via I Love Useless Knowledge)
7. You share 50% of your DNA with a banana
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That means in one point of time we evolved from the same matter (via Mirror)
8. Pregnancy tests used to use live frogs
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Up until the 1960s, doctors used to use live frogs as pregnancy tests. They would inject the hopeful mother's urine into an African clawed frog and if it ovulated within 12 hours, it signaled that the woman was pregnant (via Smithsonian)
9. Your body contains enough carbon to make 9,000 pencils
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(via Science World)
10. Russia has more surface area than Pluto
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Russia has a surface area of just over 17 million square kilometers, whereas Pluto is approximately 16.6 million(via Tiny Bytes)
11. One-third of the dinosaurs you know and love are made up
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It's because baby dinosaurs look very different from their parents and go through dramatic changes during "dino-puberty" (via National Geographic)
12. Electric eels are five times more powerful than an electrical outlet
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When threatened or attacking their prey, eels can admit a burst of at least 600 volts (via National Geographic)
13. If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die
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Humans can't handle more than 10,000 IU, while a polar bear's liver can be between 24,000 and 35,000 per gram (via How Stuff Works)
14. The average toilet seat is cleaner than your average toothbrush
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When you leave your toothbrush out on the sink, it gets showered with fecal matter and dead skin cells (via FOX News)
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