The Wright brothers.
The brothers' breakthrough was their creation of a three-axis control system, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and
2020
Portuguese Man o’ War is actually Not a Jellyfish..
It’s actually smaller organisms that can’t survive on their own and work together to function as one animal.
Scientists once believed that the same side of Mercury always faced the Sun.
In 1965 astronomers discovered that the planet rotates three times during every two orbits it makes.
2008
The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
The circumference of the equator is 24,900 miles. If the average person lives until they’re 80, they will walk about 110,000 miles in their lifetime.
2020
Inequality affects the political support of redistribution - if inequality is skewed such that the middle class is closer to the poor than to the affluent, political support for redistributaion will be stronger. 2011
Trying to find a cure for AIDS, the Mayo Clinic made glow in the dark cats.
cats are much better models for AIDS viruses than are mice and other animals.
2011
'Captain Tom' a 99 Year old man, Raises more than $31 Million for UK Health service by Walking 100 Laps of his Garden...
Everyone can find a way to help
Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.
A Red Dwarf is a small and cool star in a later stage of its life
2020
There are more volcanoes on Venus than any other planet in our solar system.
There are more than 1,600 major volcanoes across the surface of Venus
2020
Unethical psychological experiments.
The Little Albert experiment is considered to be among the most unethical psychological experiments of all time.
2020
Stars twinkle because light is disrupted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere.
Their light must pass through pockets of Earth's atmosphere that vary in temperature and density
2012
Sylvester Stallone holds the record for the most Raspberry awards.
with a whopping 14 nominations for worst actor and a further 3 for worst supporting actor
2020
A large percentage of asteroids are pulled in by Jupiter’s gravity.
Many of the asteroids that are potentially harmful to Earth, the long period comets, tend to be sucked into Jupiter’s gravity field
2016
Food tastes different when you’re flying.
The combination of dryness and low pressure reduces the sensitivity of your taste buds to sweet and salty foods by around 30%
2020
Pound cake got its name from its recipe.
The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar
2020
