Thursday, January 11, 2007

..Science F(R)iction..

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined

Paranormal experts say people reach the peak of their ability to see ghosts when they're 7 years old

As much as six percent of the world's population may experience sleep paralysis, the inability to move and speak for several minutes after awakening

The location of the Mars face on Mars matches the location of Stone Henge in England
Venus's day is longer then its year

The rotation of the Earth will eventually slow down to match the moon

Sound doesn't travel in space

In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue

It takes 42 muscles in your face to frown.

It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and smack someone upside the head

At a glance, the Celsius scale makes more sense than the Fahrenheit scale for temperature measuring. But its creator, Anders Celsius, was an oddball scientist.

When he first developed his scale, he made freezing 100 degrees and boiling 0 degrees, or upside down. No one dared point this out to him, so fellow scientists waited until Celsius died to change the scale

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