science facts

1. Raindrops are always depicted as tear drops in drawings but in actual these are not tear drops. They are actually spherical in shape.

2. When something "sublimes" it turnes directly into a gas from solid- bypassing the liquid state. This is what would happen if you through dry-ice into a fire.

3. Even traveling at the speed of light year it would take 2 million years to reach the nearest large galaxy-Andromeda.

4. The ocean contain enough salt to cover all the continents to the depth of nearly 500 feet.

5. The evaporation from large oak tree is 10 to 25 gallons in 24 hours.

6. A typical hurricane produces the energy equivalent to 8000 megaton bombs.

7. Dolphins don't drink water. If they drink sea water it would make them kill. They get all of their liquid needs from the food they eat.

8. The Thermometer was invented by Galileo in 1607.

9. Every year lightning kills 1000 people.

10. 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.