Our world is an awesome place. Thanks to the untiring work of academics and scientists we are discovering more and more about ourselves, the universe and everything in between. It seems that each week, new discoveries are in the news and some of these are totally mind blowing. Take a look at the list below of 15 incredible facts you probably didn’t know and be sure to tell all your friends and family about them! Enjoy!
During the time it was discovered to when it was declassified as a planet, Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun.
Neptune was the first ever planet which was predicted by calculations before it was actually discovered.
A Venus day is longer than a Venus year.
Scientists believe that it rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter! We need to go there!
Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
Every 400 years the Gregorian calendar repeats itself.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321!
The current population of the world is approximately 7 billion. This number is estimated to rise to 11 billion by 2100!
Around 88% of the population of the world lives in the northern hemisphere.
A scientist who weighed people before and after death found that the human soul weighs 21 grams.
In addition to the five senses, humans also have senses of fullness, balance, pain, temperature, time, thirst and suffocation.
Every person has a different tongue print!
The average person breathes around 7 million times per year.
If you live in America, you will spend around 42 hours every year waiting in traffic.
A baby is born with 270 bones. By the time they become an adult, the number of bones they have will be 206. Interestingly a quarter of these bones are in the feet!
