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Some Scientific Facts
Shamim Ansary:
- The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life
- A single rye plant can spread up to 400 miles of roots underground
- The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day, and, at night, plummets to minus 180 degrees centigrade
- The evaporation from a large oak or beech tree is from ten to twenty-five gallons in twenty-four hours
- Butterflies taste with their hind feet, and their taste sensation works on touch – this allows them to determine whether a leaf is edible
Source: http://listverse.com/2007/12/19/top-20-amazing-science-facts/
tasnuva:
Very informative post.Thanks for sharing.
Shamim Ansary:
Interesting Real Facts
1 -69% Americans use Internet & 5.5% Indians only.
2 -El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 - the hottest ever measured.
3 -Plastics take 500 years to break down.
4 -America has 30.30% airports of the world & India has only 0.70%.
5 -There are roughly 4,000 known minerals, although only about 200 are of major importance.
6 -The total surface area of the Earth is 197 million square miles.
7 -Crocodile is the only animal & reptile that sheds tear while eating.
8 -The world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed.
9 -Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall, The water of Falls drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).
10 -The sunrays reached at the earth in 8 minutes & 3 seconds.
Shamim Ansary:
Interesting Real Facts
11 -8.7 million of United State residents who were born in Asia.
12 -The world’s population has been increased 3.1 billion in last 40 years.
13 -180 million nos. of Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion.
14 -3,467 Nos. of confectionery nut stores in the United States, they are among the best sources of sweets for Valentine’s Day.
15 -4% people drink cold drink daily.
16 -Traffic lights are being used before the invention of motor car.
17 -More than 50 million Americans said they had a disability; for 32.5 million of them, the disability was severe.
18 -About 40% Proportion of all Valentine card purchases which parents account for.
19 -First Stock Exchange of America was in Philadelphia & it was established in 1791.
20 -Girls however are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing and completing school assignments than playing games.
Shamim Ansary:
Interesting Real Facts
21 -A normal person laughs five times in a day.
22 -Approximate 300 million film tickets are sold every year in India.
23 -In Britain 70% mothers go for work.
24 -More artists live in California than any other state in the United States. There are 10,000 arts organizations in California.
25 -Alfred Southwick developed the idea of using electric current & Professionally he was a Dentist (MDS, DDS).
26 -A man says average 4850 words in 24 hours.
27 -The world's populaton is approximately 6.53 billion (2006), India & China represent 36.92% of the world's populations.
28 -Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo kabushikigaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
29 -40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
30 -315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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