Science facts
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Jatropha, the oil tree
A large number of businessmen, especially fromUnited States has dedicated to the growth of a tree from the Caribbean ( who grows in India, Australia, Madagascar, Brazil and Kenya too) . The name of the tree is Jatropha and is a very resistant tree which does not need ...
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Interesting facts about the atomic bomb
The first nuclear test with an atomic bomb took place on 16.07.1945, in an unpopulated area of the State of New Mexico. The most powerful atomic bomb detonated an explosive force of 50 mega tonnes of TNT (trinitrotoluene).That is 2,500 times greater than the bomb on Nagasaki. ...
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Hypnosis: this is what happens in our brains
For the first time, a group of British scientists, from Hull University, seems to have managed to identify some neural changes occurring in the brain when we are subjected to hypnosis. This would show how hypnosis would have a "real" effect on the mind, not only due ...
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Zodiac interesting facts
The origin of astrology is thought to begin with the ancient Babylonians two centuries before the birth of Christ. The Zodiac was originally a natural agricultural calendar that dated the sowing of crops, harvesting, etc. by the rising and setting of the stars (especially Sirius), and the Pleiades ...
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Interesting Facts About Oxygen
Oxygen was discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in Sweden in 1771 and then by Joseph Priestley in 1774. The name for the element oxygen comes from Greek words that mean 'acid former'. Humans inhale more than 6 billion tones of oxygen each year. Oxygen is an essential factor for ...
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interesting facts about magnets
Lodestones were what the first magnets were called. Magnets can be used to decrease the white cell blood count which increases in most diseases. Magnets are found in telephones, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, televisions and more. There are different types of magnets: permanent/hard, temporary/soft, electromagnets. Many scientists believe that birds are able to ...
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interesting facts about light
Light is electromagnetic radiation, just like radiowaves, infrared radiation and x-rays. Even though light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second (in a vacuum), it takes it years to travel across the vast distances in space. It takes about 1.3 seconds for light or radio waves to reach us from the ...
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Interesting facts about sound
For humans, hearing is normally limited to frequencies between about 12 Hz and 20,000 Hz (20 kHz). Sound with frequencies of less than 20 Hz is known as infrasound. If a sound has a frequency that exceeds 22,000 Hz it is called ultrasound. Sound is transmitted through gases, plasma, and liquids ...
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interesting Parachute Facts
The word "parachute" comes "para", meaning "against" or "counter" in Ancient Greek, and "chute", the French word for "fall" DaVinci sketched the design for the first parachute in 1485. The modern parachute was invented in the late 18th century by Louis-Sébastien Lenormand in France, who made the first recorded public jump ...
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Interesting Nobel prize facts
Sweden was home to Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and other explosives. Prizes first awarded in five subjects: chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Jean Paul Sartre refused the prize for literature in 1964 for fear it would turn him into an institution. Pierre and Marie Curie are ...
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Interesting facts about jewellery
Diamond Thieves and Smugglers use homing pigeons to smuggle rough diamonds out of mining areas. About 75% of American brides receive a diamond engagement ring. A new mineral, discovered in Russia, has been named Dianite, after Princess Diana, and it will eventually be polished and mounted in jewellery. The largest diamond ...
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interesting snow facts
If the weather get cold enough that it doesn't snow! Because snow is frozen water, if there are not enough water droplets in the air it can't snow. Snow is not white, is actually clear/transparent. The largest snowflakes in the world fell across Fort Keogh in Montana (USA) on ...