Wolffia globosa or Water-meal can weigh about 1/190,000 of an ounce, equivalent to two grains of table salt. They are very hard to see! if you tried to fill a thimble with them, it is estimated that you would need some 5000 plants! Wolffia is a genus of 9 to 11 species which include the smallest flowering plants on Earth. …
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All planets rotate anticlockwise except Venus
Planet’s rotation – All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Read More »100 lightning strikes occur worldwide every second
Average 100 lightning strikes occur worldwide every second. Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon, yet their power is extraordinary. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity. The average number of strikes varies with location, season, and many other variables. A number of studies have been done using lightning detection networks located in some countries and using …
Read More »Wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington
In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA. The now second highest surface wind speed ever officially recorded is 372 km/h (231 mph; 103 m/s) at the Mount Washington (New Hampshire) Observatory : 6,288 ft -1917 metres above sea – level in the US on 12 April 1934, using a heated anemometer. …
Read More »Angel Falls Venezuela – The highest waterfall in the world
Angel Falls in Venezuela is the worlds highest waterfall, The water of Falls drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). The “Salto Angel” (Angel Falls) is three times the size of the Eiffel Tower. The waterfall was not known to the Western world until it was visited in 1935 by the American aviator, James Crawford Angel, on a flight whilst searching for a …
Read More »Weigh slightly less when the moon is overhead
Due to gravitational effects, your weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
Read More »540 volcanoes on land are known
About 540 volcanoes on land are known. No one knows how many undersea volcanoes have erupted through history.
Read More »Deepest depth in ocean is 36,198 feet at Mariana Trench
The deepest depth in the ocean is 36,198 feet (6.9 miles or 11 kilometers) at the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean well south of Japan near the Mariana Islands.
Read More »Total surface area of the Earth
The total surface area of the Earth is 197 million square miles or 510 million square kilometers. The Earth is a water heavy planet, so, if you break its surface area into water and land segments, it would look like this: Land 149 million km Water 361 million km
Read More »Word Arctic comes from the ancient Greek Arktikos
The word “Arctic” comes from the ancient Greek Arktikos, or “country of the great bear.” Though the Greeks had no knowledge of the polar bear, they named the region after the constellation Ursus Major, the Great Bear, found in the Northern Sky.
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