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Points by Ellie
New Point
2020
Queen Elizabeth II is 36.4% of the world's current monarchs
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There are currently 44 monarchies on earth, of which she is the head of 16.
By Ellie
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world,monarch,queen
2015
Mercury & Venus have no moons
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there are 176 moons in our solar system. some of them being bigger than Mercury itself
By Ellie
Source
space,moon,solar,system
2007
Our moon is moving away from Earth
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At a rate of 1.6 inch (4 cm) per year
By Ellie
Source
space,moon,earth,orbit,🌎
https://www.nati
In 2016, scientists detected a radio signal from a source 5 billion light-years away
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This means that when the signal started its journey, Earth didn’t even exist.
By Ellie
Source
space,signal,radio
2020
Idiot once specifically referred to somebody with the mental age of a 2yr old
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'Imbecile' referred to somebody with the mental age of a 3-7yr old, and 'Moron' to a 7-10yr old
By Ellie
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mental,psychology,health
2005
Where have all the teaspoons gone?
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A research institute ran a four-month study and calculated the half life of a teaspoon at 81 days
By Ellie
Source
cutlery,research
2020
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, is half the size of Pluto
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The same surfaces of Charon and Pluto always face each other, which is known as mutual tidal locking
By Ellie
Source
space,moon,size,🌎
2020
Rufus The Wimbledon anty pigeon Hawk
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Has more than 10000 followers on Twitter
By Ellie
Source
sport,tennis,animal
2018
Can gratification be an indicator of future success?
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The Marshmallow Experiment set out to study just that
By Ellie
Source
food,experiment,child
2018
The yellow Tennis ball
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All thanks to David Attenborough
By Ellie
Source
sport,history,tennis
2020
The Black Arrow
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The only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket
By Ellie
Source
rocket,space,satellite,🌎
2020
The Earth’s rotation is slowing slightly as time goes on
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This is because of the tidal effects the Moon has on the Earth’s rotation.
By Ellie
Source
space,spin,day,🌎
2017
People’s willingness to obey authority figures
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The 1961 study conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram
By Ellie
Source
social,authority,experiment
2018
Fantz’s Looking Chamber
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One of the earlier experiments in Infant's development and vision
By Ellie
Source
baby,vision,experiment
2018
A fitness app accidentally revealed the location of military bases around the world
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The app uses GPS to track users activitity, this information was used create a heat map
By Ellie
Source
application,failure,reveal
2020
When a star passes too close to a black hole
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It might be torn apart
By Ellie
Source
space,gravity,black hole
2012
Underwater Crop Circles
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The male puffer-fish creates these designs to entice the females
By Ellie
Source
underwater,phenomenon
2020
Frost Flowers in Antarctica
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these are basically crystal formations in the shape of flowers
By Ellie
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frost,cold,phenomenon,natural
1999
The two-week long lion-hyena war
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A war over disputed territory in Ethiopia
By Ellie
Source
animal,war
2020
Jupiter’s Red Spot is shrinking
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Even as it shrinks it gets taller.
By Ellie
Source
space,size,dot,storm
2009
Neptune takes nearly 165 Earth years to make one orbit of the Sun
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Neptune has a very slow orbital speed of 3.37 miles per second
By Ellie
Source
space,year,orbit,🌎
2012
Stars twinkle because light is disrupted as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere
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Their light must pass through pockets of Earth's atmosphere that vary in temperature and density
By Ellie
Source
space,star,light,🌎
2020
The one and only British grown Chocolate
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a factory in York tried growing cacao in the inhospitable British weather, but harvested only enough for one small bar
By Ellie
Source
chocolate,queen,food
https://en.wikip
if she is still reigning by 2024, Queen Elizabeth II will become history's longest-reigning monarch
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Reigning for a total of 72 years, 3 months and 3 weeks
By Ellie
Source
queen,life,monarch,long
2018
The FBI is struggling to find good hackers
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Because of hiring rule that the applicant must not have used marijuana in the last 3 years.
By Ellie
Source
professional,rule,hire
2020
The game Rock Paper Scissors dates back to the Han Dynasty
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according to the Chinese Ming-Dynasty book "Wuzazu" by Xie Zhaozhi
By Ellie
Source
history,game
2019
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet
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This is because Pluto does not gravitationally dominate the neighborhood around its orbit
By Ellie
Source
planet,space,orbit,gravity,🌎
2012
There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand in the world
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There are 10 times more stars in the night sky, with 70 sextillion stars being visible.
By Ellie
Source
space,quantity,sand,🌎
2020
At any given moment, there are at least 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth
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Roughly 100,000 of these thunderstorms happen in the U.S. alone.
By Ellie
Source
weather,lightning,quantity,🌎
2020
Water on the Earth’s Moon
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Found by NASA’s Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)
By Ellie
Source
space,water,moon
2019
The Schacter and Singer Experiment on Emotion
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A ground breaking experiment to prove their theory of emotion
By Ellie
Source
social,experiment,love
2020
The word “astronaut” means “star sailor”
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It is derived from the Greek words “astron”, meaning “star”, and “nautes”, which means “sailor”.
By Ellie
Source
space,astronaut,name,origins,🌎
2020
There are 79 known moons orbiting Jupiter
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It also has the largest moon in our solar system
By Ellie
Source
space,moon,quantity,size
2020
The Hubble Space Telescope
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One of the most productive scientific instruments ever built.
By Ellie
Source
space,technology,science,🌎
2020
The ISS is visible to more than 90% of the Earth’s population
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In the night sky it appears as a fast-moving star crossing from horizon to horizon.
By Ellie
Source
space,station,vision,🌎
2020
Columnar Basalt
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On the very first look, these facades might deceive you to believe they are artificial.
By Ellie
Source
world,phenomenon
1978
Suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented
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Rather than inexorable
By Ellie
Source
health,psychology,study
2015
In 2008, 270 scientists re-ran 100 studies
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Only half the studies could be replicated successfully
By Ellie
Source
test,science
2020
The Fairy Circles in Namibia
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circular patches of land barren of plants, varying between 2 and 15 metres
By Ellie
Source
unique,phenomenon,natural
2019
how observant are people?
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The violinist at the metro study was conducted to test how observant people are of what is going on around them.
By Ellie
Source
music,awareness,psychological,experiment
2015
Homeopathic remedies are ineffective
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After assessing over 1,800 studies, scientists have concluded
By Ellie
Source
study,medicine
2017
The Earth weighs about 81 times more than the Moon
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The Moon’s gravity differs depending on where you are on its surface.
By Ellie
Source
space,moon,earth,relative,size
2020
Triton is gradually getting closer to the planet it orbits
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Scientists believe that when Triton eventually gets too close to Neptune, it will be torn apart by the planet’s gravity
By Ellie
Source
space,moon,orbit,🌎
2012
The fastest server in men's tennis
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Sam Groth recorded a serve of 263 km/h
By Ellie
Source
sport,speed,tennis,figure
2013
When Monopoly players Started with twice the money as their opponents
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they began to act rudely towards other players and argued that they used strategy and skill to achieve victory
By Ellie
Source
game,study,social,economics
2014
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars are known as the “Inner Planets”
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An inner planet is classified as a planet located within the asteroid belt
By Ellie
Source
space,location,planet,🌎
2014
One fast food burger can have meat from 100 different cows
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the ground beef used to make burgers is made of a collection of muscle tissues.
By Ellie
Source
food,meat,fast food,quantity
2020
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was the first celestial object identified as being spiral
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The first celestial object identified as being spiral.
By Ellie
Source
space,shape
2008
Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story has actually been to outer space
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Buzz Lightyear spent 15 months on board the International Space Station, and returned to Earth on the 11th September, 2009
By Ellie
Source
space,toy,🌎
2020
the worlds smallest park
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located in Portland, Oregon and it consists of just 1 tree and is only 2ft across
By Ellie
Source
park,urban,small
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