1. There are 62,000
miles of blood vessels in the human body – laid end to end they would circle
the earth 2.5 times
2. At over 2000
kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on
Earth
3. The risk of being
struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years
4. A thimbleful of a
neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons
5. A typical
hurricane produces the energy equivalent of 8,000 one megaton bombs
6. Blood sucking
hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide
7. The highest speed
ever achieved on a bicycle is 166.94 mph, by Fred Rompelberg
8. We can produce
laser light a million times brighter than sunshine
9. 65% of those with
autism are left handed
10. The combined
length of the roots of a Finnish pine tree is over 30 miles
11.
The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly
500 feet
12.
The interstellar gas cloud Sagittarius B contains a billion, billion, billion
liters of alcohol [JFrater is planning to move there in the near future]
13.
Polar Bears can run at 25 miles an hour and jump over 6 feet in the air
14.
60-65 million years ago dolphins and humans shared a common ancestor
15.
Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their
transparent fur
16.
The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life
17.
A single rye plant can spread up to 400 miles of roots underground
18.
The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day,
and, at night, plummets to minus 180 degrees centigrade
19.
The evaporation from a large oak or beech tree is from ten to twenty-five
gallons in twenty-four hours
20.
Butterflies taste with their hind feet, and their taste sensation works on
touch – this allows them to determine whether a leaf is edible
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