Category: Facts

Space Facts

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  • A day in Mercury lasts as long as 58 days, 15 hours on earth.
  • Whole year on Mercury is only 88 days.
  • Astronomer Neil Armstrong famous words when he stepped on the surface of the Moon were: “That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.”
  • The sun isn’t round. It is flat on the top and the bottom.

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Human Facts

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  • Our brain uses 20% of the total oxygen and blood in our body.
  • Women blink twice as many times as men do.
  • A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
  • By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute).

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Plant Facts

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  • Bamboo plants can grow by up to 90cm in one day.
  • The oldest living thing on earth is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.
  • Cactus grow in hot, dry places. They have no leaves at all. They have spikes on them to stop animals eating them and have thick stems which store water.
  • Penicillin saves lives. Penicillin kills many harmful bacteria, including those that cause staph infections and pneumonia.

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General Facts

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  • It takes 570 gallons of paint to color the White House exterior.
  • Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
  • Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from the history- Spades: King David; Clubs: Alexander the Great; Hearts: Charlemagne and Diamonds: Julius Caesar.
  • Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a US currency note.

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Places Facts

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  • On average the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest of Earth’s major oceans.
  • Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10cm a year. This is because they are on different tectonic plates.
  • In a volcanic eruption, a frothy rock called pumice which is loaded with gas bubbles is formed. This rock can float on water.
  • The water of Angel Falls in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet .

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Animal Facts

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  • The Krill is the most common animal in the ocean.
  • There are 6 to 14 frogs species in the world that have no tongues and one of them is the African dwarf frog.
  • Polar bears are always left-handed, and so is Kermit the Frog.
  • Sharks are immune to disease i.e. they do not suffer from any Disease.

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