- The human eye has a resolution of 576 megapixels.
- The urine of a diabetic person contains so much sugar that it can be purified and made into whiskey.
- Technically, our ears and noses continue to grow throughout our lives. This is not due to physiologic, rather physics factors, as gravity pulls the cartilages of our ears and noses down, stretching the skin and giving the impression of growth.
- 75% of the world’s food stocks are made from 12 plants and five animal species. Think about that the next time you and your friends can’t decide on what to order.
- Before the 17th century, science and scientists weren’t recognized as, well, scientists. They were actually called ‘’natural philosophers’’, because the concept of scientist wasn’t invented yet.
- Grasshoppers have ears on their stomachs. On each side of the first abdominal segment of a grasshopper, right under the wings, they have membranes that vibrate when they are hit by sound waves
- Lake Superior has an island, which has a lake, which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder. Wait, we’re not done yet – when the pond floods, it becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
- The nuclear bombs detonated in 1945 are the reason why experts can detect fake oil paintings. Isotopes such as strontium-90 and cesium-137 that can be found in oil did not exist in nature before the bombings. So, if a picture contains these isotopes, one can safely assume it was painted after 1945.
- You are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.
- There are more different possible chess game variations (10^120) than there are atoms in the observable universe (10^80).
- Scallops have up to 200 eyes.
- Before radium was known to cause cancer, it was thought to have healing qualities. The public was so oblivious to its dangers that it was put in water, chocolate, suppositories and even inserted in the urethra to treat impotence.
- Besides global warming, the next big thing that will change Antarctica’s ecosystem is penguin poop. For the last 5,000 years, penguins have provided the rocks in Antarctica with 16 million pounds of nutrient-rich poop, which can one day support plants and animals that can’t currently survive in Antarctica.
- It would take you 900,000 Dromedary Camels, back to back, to cover the entire width of the Saharan Desert.
- The award for the country with the most tornadoes per square mile goes to… the United Kingdom
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- Newborn babies pick up their parent’s accent while still in the womb.
- Peanuts are legumes, not nuts. So technically speaking, people that are allergic to peanuts are actually allergic to legumes, not nuts.
- There is a feeling similar to deja vu called ‘’deja reve’’. Instead of feeling like you’ve previously experienced an event in real life, deja reve makes you feel like you’ve previously experienced an event in a dream.
- At birth, a baby blue whale weighs as much as its mother’s tongue.
REF: 101 Weird Science Facts For Showing off at Parties | Let's Get Sciencey