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 bombsFacts
6 – 106. 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 milesFacts.
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.
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.
