10 Mind-Blowing Facts That’ll Blow Your Mind – #7 will blow your mind!
The web is full of secrets, but a few will blow your mind and make one wonder about reality. With inexplicable breakthroughs and record breakers, below follow 10 jaw-shaking facts that will drop your jaw!
1. There’s an Underwater Ocean Underneath Earth’s Surface
Scientists have discovered a gargantuan ocean 3 times larger than all of Earth’s ocean surfaces combined, trapped in a rock layer 400 miles below the planet’s surface.
2. On Venus, a Day Takes Longer Than a Year
The planet Venus rotates at such a slow pace that one full day in Venus (sunny morning to sunny morning) takes 243 days in our planet, and a full trip around Sun takes only 225 days in our planet!
3. Bananas Are Berries, Yet Not Strawberries
From a botanists' perspective, bananas can be a berry, in that they develop out of a single ovary and have seeds in them. But strawberries don’t fit the botanists' perception of a berry, for their seeds don’t sit inwards, but outwards.
4. There’s an Octopus with 3 Hearts and Bluish Blood
Octopuses don’t have two, but three hearts, two pumping blood towards its gills, and one pumping blood towards its other parts. And, its blood isn’t red, but blue, for it’s made of copper-containing hemocyanin, not iron-containing hemoglobin.
5. Eiffel Tower Gains a Few Centimeters in Length in Summer
The Eiffel Tower will gain height in warm weather, for its iron frame will expand a little over 6 inches (15 cm) with increased temperature, for it absorbs temperature and expands in shape.
6. A Cloud Can Weigh Over a Million Pounds
They don't make an appearance and don't even feel that weighty, but in reality, clouds have water droplets in them. A cumulus cloud can weigh over 1,000,000 pounds – 200 elephants!
7. There’s a Spot on Planet Earth Where Gravity Is Weak
The gravity in Canada’s Hudson Bay is a little less strong in relation to anywhere else in the planet, geologically speaking. That’s to say, in case you happened to stand in it, you'd weigh a little less in relation to anywhere else!
8. Stomach Lining Replenishment: a 3-Day Cycle
The lining in a stomach creates strong acids in order to digest food, but its lining regenerates in 3–4 days in an attempt not to digest its lining!
9. The Largest Living Thing Alive Today? It’s a Fungus
A single organism, a fungus Armillaria ostoyae, that covers 3.8 square km (just under 1,000 soccer fields) in Oregon, USA, is considered to be the largest living organism in the universe!
10. There’s a Higher Population with a Handset Than with a Toilet
A surprising fact: There are over 6 billion with access to a mobile phone, but only 4.5 billion with access to a working toilet!
The Conclusion
The below facts make a tip of an iceberg in terms of astonishing and sometimes inexplicable realities about our planet. Enjoyed reading? Spread the word and explore more of the universe’s unthinkable marvels!
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