#Didyouknow? 1 – The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (equal to 186,287.49 miles per second). 2 – It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth. 3 – 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. 4 – The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph. 5 – Every year, over one million earthquakes shake the Earth. 6 – When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, its force was so great it could be heard 4,800 kilometers away in Australia. 7 – Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth. 8 – Every year lightning kills 1000 people. 9 – In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf . 10 – If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour. 11 – Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m. 12 – The Earth is 4.56 billion years old…the same age as the Moon and the Sun. 13 – The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed. 14 – Female black widow spiders eat their males after mating. 15 – When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch. 16 – If our Sun were just inch in diameter, the nearest star would be 445 miles away. 17 – Astronauts cannot belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs. 18 – The air at the summit of Mount Everest, 29,029 feet is only a third as thick as the air at sea level. 19 – One million, million, million, million, millionth of a second after the Big Bang the Universe was the size of a …pea. 20 – DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler. Isnt it amazing?? Want to know more about science and get latest discoveries?? Do You Spend hours on Facebook without Anything to show for it? I bring you Good News! Here is how to Start PROFITING from Facebook. This is your oppotunity to be better than your pairs ...You dont have to be a genius to know about science. Infact, science is the way of life. Science world with Wisdom Emmanuel is the right page for you.. Just like and get more updates on things that will blow your mind. Science world with Wisdom Emmanuel Science world with Wisdom Emmanuel
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