A little blog that gives you an interesting fact every day. So you really will learn something new every day.
Friday 30 September 2011
Thursday 29 September 2011
Wednesday 28 September 2011
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Monday 26 September 2011
Sunday 25 September 2011
Saturday 24 September 2011
Fact No.330
The UK is not a Kingdom as thought by many. ER has no law making powers and has
no rights to govern the UK, therefore the UK is not a kingdom.
Friday 23 September 2011
Thursday 22 September 2011
Fact No.328
President John F. Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of
350 words per minute.
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Fact No.327
Less than 5% of The Universe is made up of normal matter. The rest is 70% dark matter, and 25% dark energy.
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Fact No.326
Imagine that you are combing a tennis ball which is hairy rather than
fluffy. You attempt to comb it so that all the hairs are lying flat on the
surface and so that they change direction smoothly over the whole surface, but
the Hairy Ball Theorem says that you will fail.
Since the earth is a ball, and the wind at any point has a direction, as if the air were being combed over the Earth's surface, it follows that there is always a cyclone somewhere.
Since the earth is a ball, and the wind at any point has a direction, as if the air were being combed over the Earth's surface, it follows that there is always a cyclone somewhere.
Monday 19 September 2011
Sunday 18 September 2011
Fact No.324
Some migratory birds have a "magnetic compass" in their body (a sense called Magnetoreception) to help them navigate using Earth's magnetic field.
Saturday 17 September 2011
Friday 16 September 2011
Thursday 15 September 2011
Fact No.321
In one hour more sunlight falls on the earth than what is used for energy by the entire
population in one year.
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Tuesday 13 September 2011
Monday 12 September 2011
Sunday 11 September 2011
Saturday 10 September 2011
Fact No.316
Languages that treat certain colours as distinct, such as blue and green, train our brains to exaggerate the difference between them.
Friday 9 September 2011
Thursday 8 September 2011
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Fact No.312
Rainbows would trace a complete circle if the rain were illuminated from a light source below your viewpoint.
Monday 5 September 2011
Fact No.311
Most dinosaur bones are not discovered by palaeontologists, but by ordinary folk completely by chance.
Sunday 4 September 2011
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Friday 2 September 2011
Thursday 1 September 2011
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