Saturday, July 18, 2026

What's your favourite science fact?

 Light would take .13 seconds to travel around the Earth.

  • Scientists have developed a micro-particle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, so we can live without breathing.
  • The world's oldest known animal, a mollusc, was 507 years old until scientists killed it by mistake.
  1. The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer

Reason: Large structures are built with expansion joints which allow them some leeway to expand and contract without causing any damage.

There is enough DNA in an average person’s body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back — 17 times

At over 2000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth!!!”

The liquids on Titan undergo a similar cycle to water here on Earth. Liquid methane evaporates from the surface, forming extremely thick clouds in the skies, before eventually raining down and replenishing the lakes and rivers on the ground.

Only 5% of world's population have ever been on airplane.

More than 80% of the population is afraid of flying.

The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!

Saturn’s Titin store hydrocarbons which is about 10 times larger than the earth’s petroleum and natural gas reserves combined.