26 Science Facts That Defy Common Sense

‘There’s always two places opposite of each other on the globe with the same temperature’
26 Science Facts That Defy Common Sense

Science is supposed to help us make sense of things. At least, the more basic fields are. Those nerds in lab coats figure out what makes thunder happen so everyone doesn’t think that Ragnarok is nigh every time there’s an eclipse.

Then, there’s the rude scientific discoveries which, instead of explaining our world, make it even more scary and complicated. Reading about quantum entanglement does not soothe me, physicists. Keep that one to yourself until you get more info. 

To that end, here’s a collection of scientific facts, proffered by Reddit users, that will haunt you like a four-eyed sleep paralysis demon in the corner of your room with a full whiteboard.

peezle69 8y ago Countries with an abundance of natural resources (Oil, minerals, etc.) are more likely to be third world countries. It's called the paradox of plenty. 2.3K ...
slinky999 8y ago Edited 8y ago Behavior determines personality more than personality determines behavior. The old adage fake it till you make it actually has behavioral science behind it. If you don't feel confident, but act confident, eventually you will become confident - even if you didn't believe it about yourself in the beginning. Source 1.9K ...
Kisaoda a 8y ago If you uncoil each strand of DNA in each cell of a human body and lined them from end to end, it'd be long enough to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back... 17 times. Source 1.2K ...
AllSeeingAI . 8y ago There are situations where adding an additional filter in front of a light causes more light to pass through. 1.2K ...
Phalex 8y ago Evolution doesn't necessarily mean improvement. 198 ...
 8y ago The geographic North Pole is the Earth's magnetic South Pole. 634 ...
Madeline_Basset . 8y ago Edited 8y ago A wheeled vehicle powered only by a wind turbine can travel downwind faster than the wind speed. acht) 321 ...
tacodepollo . 8y ago You can line up all of the planets in the solar system and they will fit between the moon and earth with a bit of room to spare. 580 ...
inksmudgedhands . 8y ago There are more people of Han Chinese heritage on the planet than there are left handed people. 394 ...
Berserker-Hamster 8y ago If you pick 23 random people, there is a ~50% chance, 2 of them share a birthday. Seems kind of crazy considering the 365 days of the year. 1.1K ...
MuadDave 8y ago Put a rope snugly all the way around the planet, all 24,901 miles of it. How much rope would you need to splice in to have the rope be a foot off the ground all the way around the planet? Answer: A little over 6 feet. 2*pi feet, to be exact. 378 ...
-iLLieN- 8y ago The colors of things are actually the colors they aren't. 2.7K
pm_me_n00d 8y ago Time is not a constant. A second takes longer in stronger gravity than in null-g. 761 ...
st-loon . 8y ago It is impossible to get an accurate measurement of a coastlines length as the smaller the unit you measure it with the longer it gets. 144 ...
Kalfadhjima . 8y ago When you shuffle a classic deck of cards (52 cards), you will get a combination of card that statistically has never happened before in the history of humanity. 521 ...
supermanindahouse 8y ago There is always two places opposite of each other on the globe with the same temperature. 96 ...
AnythingApplied 8y ago Edited 8y ago My favorite is Simpson's paradox. A college was sued for having a better acceptance rate for males than females, but that was only true in total. Each department individually had better female acceptance rates than male acceptance rates. It sounds impossible, but it is totally possible if you have a lot of female candidates applying to the especially hard to get into departments.
greffedufois 8y ago The human liver can be split in half and both sides regenerate into fully functioning livers.
 8y ago Quantum entanglement, particles that have once been joined behave similar simultaneously even though they're separated and only one of the particles receive stimuli. 191 ...
Codename_ZQ 8y ago There is more pizza in a single 18 inch pizza than there is in two 12 inch pizzas. 159 ...
nexusofthoughts 8y ago You can boil water in a paper cup and it won't burn. 181 ...
iswearimnotarobot 8y ago The average human being has less than two legs. 828 ...
mousicle . 8y ago If you actually knew what Graham's number was your head would collapse into a black hole. 486
 8y ago Heavier things don't fall faster 447 ...
ShitShowHernandez 8y ago Edited 8y ago .99999. (repeating infinitely) is exactly equal to 1. Edit: I didn't miswrite that. They are EXACTLY equal. The number of people who have trouble accepting this (it's essentially because there are no infinitely small numbers, or infinitesimals) is why it defies common sense 149 ...
MisterWonka . 8y ago More people live in Bangladesh than in all of Russia. Bangladesh is the size of Wisconsin. 605 ...

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