22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

Warning: Some of these may break your brain.
22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

Science is awesome. Even more awesome are science facts that you can learn really quickly to make yourself look all smart. Like the ones below!

But don't think too hard about them, or else you may end up breaking your brain.

The Sun may be older than Earth, but the water we drink is older than the Sun.
As metal expands on heating, the Eiffel Tower is actually 15-17cm taller in the summer CRACKED.COM
A tomato has about 7,000 more genes than a human being. CRACKED COM
Alaska is the most northern, eastern, and western state in the U.S. EASTERN HEMISPHERE 75N RUSSIA Alaska 60 N 180 CANADA 165 E Alaska's Aleutian Islan
X Not all infinities are the same size. Georg Cantor demonstrated that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though there's an infini
CRACKEDCON 3.04 TRILLION TREES THERE ARE MORE TREES ON EARTH THAN THERE ARE STARS IN THE MILKY WAY. APPROXIMATELY 400 BILLION STARS
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN TOKYO, THE CAPITAL OF JAPAN, THAN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF CANADA, THE SECOND BIGGEST COUNTRY AFTER RUSSIA. TOKYO POPULAT
Whether it's a giraffe or a mouse, pretty much all mammals have the same number of neck bones. CRACKED COM
CRACKED.COM The Sun's atmosphere extends far beyond Earth. So, basically we live inside the sun.
22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)
if you were born on venus you'd celebrate your finst birthday before you were even a day old. Venus is the slowest rotating planet in the solar system

The Hubble Space Telescope

CRACKEDco THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ACTHALLY LOOKS BACK IN TIME. WHEN IT TAKES A PICTHRE OF A GALAXY 100 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAy, WE ARE SEEING THE
CRACKEDCON A breeding pair of mice can produce over 100,0 000 descendants in just one year
THE LARGEST DESERT ON EARTH ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK. ANTARCTICA CONTAINS 90% OF EARTH'S FRESH WATER, BUT KEEPS IT INACCESSIBLY FROZEN. WITH LESS THAN 2 I
CRACKED COM Particles can flow UP streams of water. The effect is called vertical contamination.
Plain hot coffee cools down faster than hot coffee which haS had cold cream added to it!
REMOVE ALL THE EMPTY SPACE FROM ALL THE ATOMS IN ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH... ...AND ALL OF US COMBINED WOULD EQUAL THE VOLUME OF A SUGAR CUBE
If you add up the weight of the electrons that are used to power up the entire internet, it would add up to approximately 50 grams or 1.76 ounces! m:
22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)
Grand Central Station is more radioactive than a nuclear power plant. This is because of all the granite, which is slightly radioactive. While GRACY h
Water balloons can stop a bullet! Water slows down the speed of a bullet so much, 5 water balloons in a row can totally stop a bullet (even one from a
A cloud may look fluffy and lighter-than-air but an average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds or 500, 000 kilograms. That's more than twice the

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