In 1850 Dmitri Mendeleev walked almost a thousand miles to Moscow so he could apply for the University of Moscow. Although he was not accepted, he walked to St. Petersburg where he was accepted, And with that education he developed the periodic table of the elements.
5 Interesting Facts About the Brain
Picture a walnut. Now imagine the walnut is about the size of a cantaloupe. Add in wrinkles, and you have a visual of the human brain. Read on, to discover five more amazing facts. 1. Your Brain is More Powerful than a Computer The human brain works faster than any computer. It takes more than 80,000 processors running on one of the world’s fastest supercomputers to complete one second of what the human brain is capable of. During that one second, the brain makes thousands of calculations. It monitors and controls all your bodily functions, and regenerates brain cells. It
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10 Interesting Facts About Mars
Mars makes up one eighth of the planetary mass of the solar system, with it being the 4th planet orbiting the sun. Like Earth, Mars is a celestial body but considering their average proximity to each other (78.3 million km), the layers of both differ considerably. Scientists investigating Mars continually make new discoveries and these help us understand the dynamic nature as well as the similarities and differences between these two terrestrial planets, which may be beneficial in future missions to transport humans to the ‘Red Planet.’ So, what do we know? Here are our 10 interesting facts about Mars:
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The reason Popeye eats spinach is because of an error in the calculation…
The reason Popeye eats spinach is because of an error in the calculation of its iron content by chemist Erich von Wolf in 1870. He misplaced a decimal point, recording iron as having 35mg of iron per 100g, instead of its true value of 3.5mg/100g. The former is equal to eating part of a paperclip.
Scientists successfully connected a paralyzed patient…
Scientists successfully connected a paralyzed patient’s brain to a tablet who was able to type and surf the Internet.
10 Facts About Earth
Earth is one of the most interesting planets in the solar system. Did you know that recent evidence suggests that Earth may not be the only planet known to support terrestrial life? However, this has not been verified yet and scientists are still conducting experiments. Earth is the only planet that is known to support both animal and plant life. In addition, of all the planets in the solar system, Earth is the only known planet that is not named after a mythological being. Much of the known information about Earth continues to change as scientists make new discoveries. For
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David Barrett, an aeronautics engineer, resigned abruptly after seeing…
David Barrett, an aeronautics engineer, resigned abruptly after seeing a vision of Jesus, spent 40 years single-handedly compiling the first and only complete list of Earth’s 10,000 existing religions and 33,830 denominations of Christianity. This led him to all 238 countries on Earth.
In 1887, a mathematician received a prize for his…
In 1887, a mathematician received a prize for his work on the stability of the solar system. A year later, after finding an error in his own work, he published a paper contradicting it, which led to the development of chaos theory.
In 1924, when Standard Oil was researching…
In 1924, when Standard Oil was researching tetraethyl lead as a gasoline additive, 32 of 49 workers had to be hospitalized due to lead poisoning, and 5 of them died. A federal panel made entirely of industry scientists later concluded that there “no danger” from tetraethyl lead.
Humans can hear the difference between…
Humans can hear the difference between hot and cold water being poured. This is because the viscosity of water will go down as temperature increases. As you heat water, it will have more energy and its molecules will be less likely to stick together. Less sticking together results in smaller particles and less force per […]