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Did you know that it takes light 8 minutes and 17 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth’s surface?
The 12th of October, 1999 was declared “the 6 billion person day”, as this huge figure was reached on this date.
It seems that the Earth doesn`t move, but it rotates at a speed of 1000 mph, and moves through spaces at the incredible speed of 70,000 miles per hour. To make a comparison, Fernando Alonso normally reaches 186 mph in his Formula 1 car.
There is a tremendous noise when a volcano eruption happens. The loudest noise registered was in 1883 in the Krakatoa volcano. The noise was heard around 3000 miles away.
Take care with lightening!: 1000 people die every year as a result of lightening strikes. Every day, almost 2000 bolts of lightening strike the Earth, caused by electrical storms. Bolts of lightening can also measure up to 30 miles in length and reach a temperature greater than the surface of the sun, but they are only 2.5 centimetres thick.
Certainly you remember that the Titanic sank when it crashed into an iceberg. Icebergs are large chunks of ice that detach from glaciers. The strange thing is that only 10% of its body can be seen from the surface. This means that if they are immense, they are much bigger still under the water.
Have you ever seen hail? Of course you have. You probably saw that the hailstones are not normally bigger than peas. Well, the largest hailstone fell in Bangladesh in 1986 and weighed 1 kg. Get under cover!
About good manners: did you know that astronauts can’t burp because the lack of gravity doesn’t allow the gas to be separated from the liquid in their stomachs.
A little bit of affection: don’t worry if you like kissing, more germs are transmitted by shaking hands than by kissing.
A long way: even if we were able to travel at the incredible speed of light (186000 miles/second), it would take a mere 2 million years to reach the closest galaxy, Andromeda.
Is it cold in your town in winter? That is nothing because the temperature in Antarctica can drop suddenly to 35º below zero.
You have certainly heard about the Sahara desert. This desert takes up an area of 3,500,000 square miles.
Are you afraid of lifts? Well, don’t be because it is the safest form of transport. The most dangerous is the bicycle.
Talking about bicycles, Fred Rompelburg set the record for the maximum speed reached by a bicycle. Do you know how fast? 178 miles per hour
The human heart beats 100,000 times per day, and during the course of a person’s life, 100 swimming pools could be filled with all the blood that we pump, that is essential for our lives.