The minimum sound threshold a human ear drum can detect is 1x10^-12 watts/square meter. To put in perspective just how sensitive that is, if.
To put in perspective just how sensitive that is, if our ear drum was the size of England, it could detect the weight of a banana on it.
2020
The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
The circumference of the equator is 24,900 miles. If the average person lives until theyβre 80, they will walk about 110,000 miles in their lifetime.
2020
In a 2002 poll, 61 mathematicians and computer scientists said that they thought P probably didnβt equal NP, to only nine who thought it did β and of those nine, several told the pollster that they took the position just to be contrary. But so far, no oneβs been able to decisively answer the question one way or the other.
Even though the vast majority of CS researchers believe that P does not equal NP, no one has been able to prove otherwise and the problem remains the biggest unsolved question in Computer Science to date.
2009
Uranus was originally called βGeorgeβs Starβ.
The name βUranusβ was proposed in 1782, one year after its discovery, but wasnβt officially used until 1850.
2018
The red food dye for Skittles is made from boiled beetles.
The extract was used from the Middle Ages until the 19th century to make crimson dye. Now it is used as a coloring for yogurt and other food products
2020
The Wright brothers.
The brothers' breakthrough was their creation of a three-axis control system, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and
2020
Strawberries are not berries, however Banana's are.
Like other berries, bananas are composed of three fleshy layers: the outer skin, the mushy middle and the innermost part with the seeds.
2017
Agricultural Pollution.
Agriculture contributes greatly to soil erosion and sediment deposition through intensive management or inefficient land cover
2020
Pound cake got its name from its recipe.
The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar
2020
Astronauts canβt burp in space.
The lack of gravity in space means the air in astronautβs stomach doesnβt separate and rise up from ingested food.
2018
in 1918, Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized.
met with skepticism because she was a woman. During the 1920s, scientists around the world made the same findings
2020
We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.
We have fully mapped 100% of the surface of Mars and Earthβs Moon, whereas we have only been able to map roughly 5% of the ocean floor.
2009
Autism is not actually on the rise.
Studies have shown that the apparent increase in cases stems from changes in how physicians define βautismβ
2015
Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.
A Red Dwarf is a small and cool star in a later stage of its life
2020
