Some WOW Interesting Facts

Interesting facts!! Here are some of them.

1. The ancient Egyptians worshiped a sky goddess called Nut and two others called Mut and Tefnut.

2. The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk.

3. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.

4. The Maldives is the lowest country on earth.

5. Sedimentary rocks cover over 75 per cent of the earth’s surface, but igneous rocks make up 95 per cent of the rocks in the top 16 km of the earth’s crust.

6. Earth’s crust contains over 90 elements of which the two most common are oxygen and silicon. Aluminium, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium are also common. These eight elements make up 98.5 percent of the weight of the earth’s crust

7. The speed of light is approximately 500 000 times faster than a Concorde.

8. If you were able to move at the speed of light, you could go round the earth seven times in one second

9. Human blood travels a combined 60 000 miles per day on its journey through the arteries, arterioles and capillaries and back through the venules and veins.

10. Your ears and nose continue to grow throughout your entire life.

11. If you were freeze-dried, 10% of your body weight would be from the micro-organisms on your body.

12. A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at 100 m.p.h. or above.

13. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

14. Quora is valued at more than $1 billion. Yes, 1 billion dollars my brethren - without creating a product!

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