Did you know that;
- there are over 97,000 km (60,000 miles) of blood vessels in the average person
- the oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old
- an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)
- cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds
- sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet)
- the center of the Sun is approximately 15 million °C (27 million °F)
- the moon is 27% the size of the Earth
- hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%)
- If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years
- due to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead
- when hydrogen burns in the air water is formed
- diamonds are the hardest substance known to man
- the wristwatch was invented in 1904
- the dishwasher was invented in 1889
- the typewriter was invented in 1829
- October the 10th is national metric day
- the only letter which doesn't appear in the Periodic Table is j
- the tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 36.6 meters (120 feet)
- all snakes are carnivorous
- a soap bubble is 10,000 times thinner than the average human hair
- the human body creates 2,500,000 new red blood cells every second
- the average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime
- the average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year
- a person produces enough saliva to fill 2 average size swimming pools during their lifetime
- $30 of raw popcorn translates into $3,000 in sales at movie theaters
- 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle
- there are 2 credit cards for every person in the US
- the winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze over completely
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