Aren’t you a sucker for scientific facts? Well List25 has just unleashed a whole bag of them, and we’re sharing the best ones. Many of which blew our mind!
14 Scientific Facts That Might Make You Think Twice About Everything You THINK You Know
1. ‘Blind sight’ is a phenomenon whereby blind people are able to produce physiological responses to visual stimuli, like angry faces, in spite of not ever being able to see them.
2. If you remove all of the spaces between atoms, you could fit Mount Everest in a shot glass.
3. The same compound that gives raspberries their flavour are also found in our galaxy. Essentially, the Milky Way tastes like raspberries.
4. All of the cells in your body have been dividing ever since life on earth began, and all of that division cells will end with your death except for any cells that you pass to your offspring (1 per child).
5. The lubricant in your knees is one of the slipperiest substances known to man.
6. When you remember a past event, you’re not remembering the event itself, but rather the last time you remembered it – you’re having a memory of a memory. This is partially why human memory is so inaccurate.
7. Human sweat is odourless, but bacteria eat it and the waste product is what causes the smell.
8. Your lungs have the same surface area as a tennis court.
9. The human body puts out more heat per unit volume than the sun.
10. Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve zinc.
11. There are fire tornados on the Sun that are bigger than earth itself.
12. You never really touch anything. Your atoms simple repel the atoms of other objects all of which are mostly empty space.
13. Your brain consists mostly of water and fat.
14. Water only conducts electricity because of its impurities. Perfectly pure water would not conduct electricity.
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