Fact of the Day
Falconsfan
Okay, you might be thinking, "Fact of the day? There can't be that many facts!" well, pretty much. Fact of the Day just sounds cool, I might not be adding one EVERY day. But here are some cool things that might make you go "I never knew that!" :D
1. The Apple iPhone is currently the second bestselling object of all time, after the Rubic's cube.
2. Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than they are to plants.
3. Cashews grow on apples.
4. There's enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North America and South America in one foot of water.
5. There's more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on Earth.
6. An atom is 99.99% empty space.
7. Cleopatra lived closer to the first moon landing of humans than the construction of the pyramids.
8. You are now breathing manually.
9. The average person only walks around the circumference of Earth three times in a lifetime.
10. The Rubic's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible configurations.
11. Under extreme pressure, peanut butter can become diamonds.
12. Before the eraser, bread was used to take away pencil marks.
13. It would take 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days of yelling, to make sound energy, to warm up a cold cup of coffee.
14. Polar bears insulate themselves so well that they can't be seen on an infrared camera.
15. Apple seeds are poisonous. The human body is absolutely capable of taking care of small amounts of this, but don't eat a handful!
16. It costs double what a penny is worth to make one.
17. Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper.
18. Remember how the Rubic's cube has so many configurations? Any way it is put, it can be solved in twenty moves or less.
19. Pineapples are actually a group of berries that have fused together.
20. Dogs' minds can have the feeling of jealousy.
1. The Apple iPhone is currently the second bestselling object of all time, after the Rubic's cube.
2. Mushrooms are more closely related to animals than they are to plants.
3. Cashews grow on apples.
4. There's enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North America and South America in one foot of water.
5. There's more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on Earth.
6. An atom is 99.99% empty space.
7. Cleopatra lived closer to the first moon landing of humans than the construction of the pyramids.
8. You are now breathing manually.
9. The average person only walks around the circumference of Earth three times in a lifetime.
10. The Rubic's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible configurations.
11. Under extreme pressure, peanut butter can become diamonds.
12. Before the eraser, bread was used to take away pencil marks.
13. It would take 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days of yelling, to make sound energy, to warm up a cold cup of coffee.
14. Polar bears insulate themselves so well that they can't be seen on an infrared camera.
15. Apple seeds are poisonous. The human body is absolutely capable of taking care of small amounts of this, but don't eat a handful!
16. It costs double what a penny is worth to make one.
17. Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper.
18. Remember how the Rubic's cube has so many configurations? Any way it is put, it can be solved in twenty moves or less.
19. Pineapples are actually a group of berries that have fused together.
20. Dogs' minds can have the feeling of jealousy.