A cloud weighs around a million tonnes.
A cloud typically has a volume of around 1km3 and a density of around 1.003kg per m3 – that's a density that’s around 0.4 per cent lower than the air surrounding it (this is how they are able to float).
Animals can experience time differently from humans.
To smaller animals, the world around them moves more slowly compared to humans. Salamanders and lizards, for example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs. This is because the perception of time depends on how quickly the brain can process incoming information.t shows when you click Tab Two. Swap this for anything you like.
A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head.
Mike the chicken's incredible feat was recorded back in the 1940s in the USA. He survived as his jugular vein and most of his brainstem were left mostly intact, ensuring just enough brain function remained for survival. In the majority of cases, a headless chicken dies in a matter of minutes
Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent.
Mike the chicken's incredible feat was recorded back in the 1940s in the USA. He survived as his jugular vein and most of his brainstem were left mostly intact, ensuring just enough brain function remained for survival. In the majority of cases, a headless chicken dies in a matter of minutes
The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
The 36-letter word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first century BCE to criticise those writers with an unreasonable penchant for long words. It was American poet Aimee Nezheukumatathil, possibly afraid of their own surname, who coined the term how we know it in 2000.
Chainsaws Were Originally Invented to Help With Childbirth
The first chainsaw was originally invented to aid in childbirth. While certainly cringe-worthy, the medical chainsaw invented at the time played a life-saving role during childbirth at a time when there were no safer options in cases of obstructed labor — and long before anyone realized the same mechanism could be a boon to the timber industry.
Sources
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- https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/fun-facts
- https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/why-were-chainsaws-invented.htm