25 LittleKnown Scientific Facts


  Two ounces of gold would be enough to completely cover this billboard.


  

  The new hair you grow every day adds up to a length of 36 meters.


  

  A blue whale's heart is about the size of this car.


  

  Clowns and acrophobia are two of the most common fears.


  

  You unknowingly swallow up to 430 worms every year.

 
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  When riding an elevator downwards, a person's weight appears lighter.


  
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  Diamonds aren't as rare as you might think... but I still can't afford them.


  
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  Mosquitoes are most attracted to blue


  
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  Your eye muscles move up to 100,000 times a day.


  
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  Squirrels unintentionally planted millions of trees.


  
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  Japan experiences approximately 1,500 earthquakes every year.


  
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  Cat urine will shine under ultraviolet light.


  
 
Beavers eat nearly 200 trees every year.
 
  
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  Tigers can also use litter boxes.


  
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  Your eyesight improves when you are afraid.


  
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  The bumps we get from mosquito bites are actually caused by an allergy to mosquito saliva.


  
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  In space, you will become taller.


  
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  Hydrofluoric acid can dissolve glass.


  
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  Parasites that live on humans can grow up to 22.9 meters long.


  
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  If you peeled off all the skin from your body and laid it flat, it would cover nearly 2 square meters.


  
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  Pearls can grow to a weight of 6 kilograms.


  
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  Lightning can strike 100 times per second.


  
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  The amount of carbon in the human body is enough to make 9,000 pencils.


  
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  You unknowingly swallow more than a liter of snot every day.


  
 
The amount of gas you fart every day is equivalent to the amount of gas needed to fill a balloon.
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