Physics Facts & Trivia - Page 2
If given the same mass, our body would actually be hotter than the Sun. Sciensational.comSubmitted by: Eddy - United States
The Atlantic Ocean grows at about the same rate as your fingernails. Submitted by: Do do bird - United States If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced just enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee. Sciensational.comSubmitted by: me knows me facts, Canada The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
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If an item moves very, very fast, it becomes smaller and heavier. Sciensational.com Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same temperature as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 46cm (18in) per year as a result of draining water. Sciensational.com 25mm (1in) of rain water is equivalent to 381mm (15in) of dry, powdery snow.
The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the Bay of Fundy. The difference between low tide and high tide can be as great as 16.6m (54ft). The temperature in fahrenheit can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40. Sciensational.com The average ocean floor is about 3,600m deep (12000ft). Sciensational.com |
The deepest location on Earth is Mariana Trench, about 11km deep in the North Pacific ocean. 
The bark of the redwood tree is fireproof. 
If Mount Everest were placed at the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean, its peak would still be a mile underwater. 
Many physicists believe wormholes (a "shortcut" through space and time) exist all around us but they are smaller than atoms. 
A solar panel 100 miles by 100 miles (161x161km) in the Mojave Desert (
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on our planet. 
The only rock that floats in water is pumice. 
The oldest and largest clearly visible meteorite crater site in the world is The Vredefort Dome in Free State, South Africa. It is 380km across.