Fascinating Facts For Curious Minds : 2499 Random Mind-Blowing Science facts About Cosmos & Space, Human Body, Earth and Nature

di Kan (Autore)

KAN, 2025

Want to impress your friends and family with both useful, worthless, but undeniably interesting facts? The Perfect Gift for All Ages! What if every page you turn makes you shout, "Wait a minute… WHAT?!" In this book you'll find the answers to questions such as: Your stomach acid can dissolve razor blades: The pH level in your stomach ranges from 1-3, which is strong enough to dissolve thin metals. (Please don't try this!). Bananas are slightly radioactive: They contain potassium-40, a naturally occurring radioactive isotope. Hot water can freeze faster than cold water (Mpemba effect): Under certain conditions, hot water has been observed to freeze more quickly than cold water, a phenomenon still being researched. Sharks have been around longer than trees: Sharks have existed for over 400 million years, while the first trees appeared about 350 million years ago. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents: The human olfactory system is incredibly sophisticated. Your brain doesn't feel pain: While it processes pain signals from the rest of your body, the brain itself has no pain receptors. The Voyager 1 probe is the farthest human-made object from Earth: It's currently in interstellar space, over 24 billion kilometres away. More than 80% of Earth's ocean remains unexplored: We know more about the surface of Mars than the bottom of our own oceans. Did you know that a single coding bug in a software program once cost NASA millions?

• Autore: Kan
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: KAN
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232779702