Reading Time: 2 minutes You better get your shovel and pick ready, because you are about to discover the biggest hole dug by hand, and you will be stunned. There’s just no other word for it. People like big things nearly as much as we like comparing big things. Whether it’s measuring largest cup size, or the tallest mountain, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When looking at world maps it is often easy to notice the Sahara and think that it is the largest desert in the world. It is after all extremely large and arid. But what if you found out that the Sahara isn’t the largest desert in the world? To be even more precise, it’s not even the …
Reading Time: 2 minutes How much do clouds weigh? Simple enough question with a simple enough answer, right? It should be practically nothing, after all they are floating high up in the sky. But the answer is not as simple as many would believe, and they weigh a lot, a real lot. Clouds weigh so much in fact that it …
Reading Time: 2 minutes No, we didn’t make a mistake with the title of this fact. Plants don’t convert CO2 to oxygen at all. No, I didn’t flunk school, and I didn’t make a beg typo. The statement is true and correct, even though it’s what we are taught in schools. Even searching on Google will bring up a …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, I bet you didn’t see this use of Viagra coming your way. Did you know that Viagra keeps flowers from wilting and makes them stand up straight? This has to be one of the true romance drugs, or maybe it just has a propensity to harden things up. We’ll get to how Viagra keeps …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever noticed a pleasant, clean smell after a rain storm? Especially if it’s a rain storm following a long period of dry weather? Some people notice it immediately, even detecting the scent before they have noticed water falling from the sky. Some people find it hard to detect, but it’s there. It leaves a pleasant, clean and earthly …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes With the debate about global warming still raging it might come as a surprise to many to discover that we are still living in an ice age. While the climate is without a doubt warming around the globe, and the glacial regions are disappearing practically before our eyes, how could we possibly be in an …
Reading Time: 2 minutes As far as living animals are concerned the largest living land animal is the African elephant, while the largest of all animals is the blue whale. But what about all living things? To examine this more closely we must consider all living organisms, and the largest one will take many by surprise. The biggest living …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did the Romans really have so much sex that they drove a plant that supposedly provided birth control to extinction? It would appear that they did, but nature also helped them. The decadence of the Roman Empire is extremely well documented. From the mighty feasts and extreme violence to their sexual perversions, they rarely left …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes If you were to ask the question what is the worlds highest mountain the answer would be Mount Everest. What if the question was what is the worlds highest point? By that question we mean the point on the Earth that is closest to the moon. Again, most would say Everest. But what if we …
Mount Chimborazo Is The Closest To The Moon, So The Worlds Highest Point Is Not Everest Read More »
