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Astronomy

A day on Venus lasts longer than a full year on Venus

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

The Mariana Trench is so deep that Mount Everest could sink into it and still leave more than a mile of water overhead

By BeckhamLangford

Archeology

The 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism was an analog computer built to predict the planets

By BeckhamLangford

Biology

A hummingbird’s heart can beat more than 1,200 times a minute while it hovers

By BeckhamLangford

Biology

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve metal

By BeckhamLangford

Astronomy

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth

By BeckhamLangford

Biology

An octopus has three hearts, and two of them stop beating whenever it swims

By BeckhamLangford

Science

Microsoft says its Majorana 2 chip kept a quantum bit alive for nearly a minute — but outside physicists say it still does not work

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance, and their pink comes entirely from food

By BeckhamLangford

Biology

The human body makes about 2 million new red blood cells every single second

By BeckhamLangford

Science

USGS says Kilauea’s 49th lava-fountain episode could erupt between June 13 and 19, the next burst in Hawaii’s record-breaking eruption

By BeckhamLangford

Archeology

Roman concrete has lasted 2,000 years because seawater makes it grow stronger

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A blue whale’s heart is roughly the size of a small car

By BeckhamLangford

Science

At least three aftershocks of magnitude 6.0 or stronger have rattled Mindanao since Monday’s 7.8 quake, shaking survivors afraid to go back inside

By BeckhamLangford

Astronomy

Saturn is the only planet in the solar system light enough to float in water

By BeckhamLangford

Neuroscience

Your brain runs on about 20 watts, the power of a dim light bulb

By BeckhamLangford

Archeology

The oldest known cave paintings were made more than 45,000 years ago

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so the current cannot drift them apart

By BeckhamLangford

Astronomy

A teaspoon of neutron-star material would weigh about 6 billion tons on Earth

By BeckhamLangford

Biology

Your body makes roughly 2 million new red blood cells every second

By BeckhamLangford

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