Another 20 Amazing Science Facts list! This list explores a variety of interesting scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of Science facts.
1. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body – laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times.
2. At over 2000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.
3. The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years.
4. A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons.
5. A typical hurricane produces the energy equivalent of 8,000 one megaton bombs.
6. Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide.
7. The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle is 166.94 mph, by Fred Rompelberg.
8. We can produce laser light a million times brighter than sunshine.
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9. 65% of those with autism are left handed.
10. The combined length of the roots of a Finnish pine tree is over 30 miles.
11. The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly 500 feet.
12. The interstellar gas cloud Sagittarius B contains a billion, billion, billion liters of alcohol [JFrater is planning to move there in the near future].
13. Polar Bears can run at 25 miles an hour and jump over 6 feet in the air.
14. 60-65 million years ago dolphins and humans shared a common ancestor.
15. Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur.
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