Science & Nature

Fascinating facts about physics, biology, space, geology, and the natural world.

Seaweeds, Like Kelp, are Not Plants. They Belong Under Kingdom Protista. Protists are a Group of Eukaryotic Organisms that are Not Classified as Animals, Plants, or Fungi. November 20, 2022
Yo-yos were Banned in Syria in 1933. Locals Blamed the Toy for the Severe Drought They were Experiencing. November 20, 2022
Most Himalayan Pink Salt Does Not Come from the Himalayas. The Salt is Mined from Punjab, Pakistan. November 13, 2022
The International Space Station has an Amateur Radio Station Aboard Used by Astronauts to Contact Schools While They are in Orbit. During Their Downtime, They Call Other Amateur Operators on Earth. November 11, 2022
Haumea is an Egg-Shaped Dwarf Planet That Can Be Found in Our Solar System. Its Shape is Due the to Incredibly Fast Rotation, and It Even Has Two Moons. November 9, 2022
The Largest Living Organism as of 2022 is the Poseidon’s Ribbon Weed. It Spawned from a Single Seed Around 4,500 Years Ago and is Currently 200 Square Kilometers in Size. November 9, 2022
A Royal Horticultural Society Test Building Covered in Ivy Stayed 7.2 Celsius Cooler than Non-Covered Buildings. The Leaves Also Kept the Walls Dry which Lowered Humidity and Protected it from Corrosion. November 9, 2022
In 2013, in Florida, a Sinkhole Unexpectedly Opened Up Beneath a Man's Bedroom While He was Sleeping and Swallowed Him Whole. November 2, 2022
Galileo Ferraris Invented the Induction Motor and the Three-Phase Power Systems. Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Recognized Ferraris as His Precursor for Inventing the Modern Induction Motor. October 31, 2022
Official Air Temperatures That are Used in Weather Applications are Taken in the Shade and Not Under Sunlight. October 28, 2022
The US Government Spends Billions to Keep the Mississippi River from Changing its Course and Destroying New Orleans. October 24, 2022
Fabio Lanzoni Sleeps in a Hyperbaric Chamber because He Believes it Reverses the Aging Process. October 21, 2022
The Pigmy Three-Toed Sloth will Only Eat the Leaves of the Red Mangrove Tree. These Trees Contain a Fungus with a Chemical Profile Similar to Valium, which Gives the Sloth a Life-Long High. October 19, 2022
Charles Darwin Had a Pet Tortoise Named Harriet. She Died in 2006 and was Estimated to be 175 Years Old Upon Her Passing. October 14, 2022
The Python Programming Language Got Its Name from Monty Python and Not a Snake. October 2, 2022
The Big Bang was Not Actually an Explosion that Happened in the Center of the Universe. In Fact, There is No Such Thing as the Center of the Universe. The Big Bang Happened and Has Been Happening Everywhere All at Once. October 1, 2022
John Aaron Saved the Apollo 12 Mission. He was the Engineer in the Control Room of NASA that Prevented the Astronauts of Apollo 12 from Aborting the Mission Seconds After Launching. October 1, 2022
If All the Spores of a Single Giant Puffball Mushroom Had a 100% Germination Success, Followed by the Same for Its Offspring, the Resulting Mass of Fungi Would Amount to 800 Times the Volume of Earth. October 1, 2022
Thomas Jefferson Did Not Believe That Animals Went Extinct. He Believed that Mastodons, Giant Sloths, and Dinosaurs Still Existed in the United States. He Asked Lewis and Clark to Bring Back Living Mastodons. September 30, 2022
Mercury Sometimes Has a Double Sunrise Due to its Slow Rotation Around its Own Axis and its Uneven Orbital Path Around the Sun. September 27, 2022