What do you know about comets? Here are some fun facts about these objects flying around the Earth. Comets appear in the sky like streaks because they’re actively melting. The core of a comet is called the comet nucleus and can be several kilometers wide, like the size of a small town. Comets are composed …
Archeologists pry open the long-forgotten tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh, quickly distributing its contents and the Pharaoh’s mummy to museums around the world. Shortly thereafter, however, the intruders start dropping dead one by one from a mysterious disease. The Pharaoh’s curse has struck! It sounds like the plot of a B-class horror movie, but this …
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What do you know about summer plants? Did you know some orchids smell like different foods? Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, raspberries, strawberries and more are part of the rosaceae family. Evidence that grapes were grown about 8,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, or today’s Iraq, and that’s where the first of the wine was made. Talking …
Do you need more facts about hair? Here they are. The werewolf legend is believed to have originated from an abnormality called Hirsutism, meaning extra hair on your face and body grows where it’s not supposed to. Hair is composed of the following elements: Carbon (50%), Oxygen (21%) Nitrogen (17%), Hydrogen (6%), Sulphur (5%). Darker …
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What do you know about the red planet? Do you know that no human has ever stepped foot on the planet Mars? Hellas Planitia is a huge crater on Mars located on the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere. It’s over 3.7 miles deep and 1.242 miles across. One of the most distinctive features of Mars is …
The elephant is the largest land mammal and that means big numbers for everything else, too. Nutrition and food for an elephant comes in the form of grass, shrubs, leaves, fruits, roots, twigs, branches and tree bark. It all depends on the season and the habitat. The trunk of an elephant weighs about 300 pounds. …
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Some of these fun facts about hair are surprising. Like did you know that black is the most common hair color? A strand of hair is stronger than a copper wire of equivalent diameter. The common thought that hair continues to grow after death is a myth. Hair contains information about everything that has been …
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Do you know all of these Titanic facts? There are some that may surprise you, like do you know how many people went into the first lifeboat? John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest man onboard with an estimated worth of $85 million dollars at the time, worth more than $2 billion today. This vessel …
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Everybody loses something sometimes. That said, there are important things that you really should keep in their places. We’re talking about things like important documents, house keys, your phone… Oh, and your nukes. Yet, the world’s militaries lose their nuclear weapons shockingly often. For instance, the U.S. military (which keeps excellent tabs on its nukes, …
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These fun facts about Mars may surprise you. You’ll have to let me know which fun facts surprised you! A Martian day is called a sol. The southern hemisphere of Mars has lots of highland as well as lots of craters. Mars’s gravity is only about 38% as much as Earth’s. Mars is the second …
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