Idiot once specifically referred to somebody with the mental age of a 2yr old.
'Imbecile' referred to somebody with the mental age of a 3-7yr old, and 'Moron' to a 7-10yr old
2020
The first ever black hole photographed is 3 million times the size of Earth.
The photo was released in April 2019 and shows a halo of dust and gas 310 million trillion miles from Earth.
2019
Pregnant women have better Sense of Smell.
The hormones that cause a woman to have morning sickness also play a role in a womanβs sense of smell
2014
Internet trolls are likely to be sadists.
Studies found that the link between sadism and Internet trolling is so strong that trolls could be described as βprototypical everyday sadi
2014
According to mathematics, white holes are possible, although we have found none.
A white hole is a hypothetical region of space-time which canβt be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from withi
2020
Pluto is smaller than the United States.
If you were to walk around the equator of Pluto it would be the same distance as walking from London to Denver
2020
In 2016, scientists detected a radio signal from a source 5 billion light-years away.
This means that when the signal started its journey, Earth didnβt even exist.
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In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet.
This is because Pluto does not gravitationally dominate the neighborhood around its orbit
2019
A survey of 500 drivers found that 44 percent couldn't get a passing score on a written driving test.
However, there's no limit to the number of times you can take a driving test
2013
The problematic Hawthorne Effect.
a simple premise that human subjects in an experiment change their behavior simply because they are being studied
2020
The Sun makes a full rotation once every 25 β 35 days.
one full rotation equals one full day. However, our gargantuan sun takes 25 β 35 Earth days to make one full rotation!
2020
Triton is gradually getting closer to the planet it orbits.
Scientists believe that when Triton eventually gets too close to Neptune, it will be torn apart by the planetβs gravity
2020
The Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft that visited Mercury.
It was launched at NASAβs Kennedy Space Center in 1973, and flew by Venus 3 months later.
2020
Plutoβs largest moon, Charon, is half the size of Pluto.
The same surfaces of Charon and Pluto always face each other, which is known as mutual tidal locking
2020
A fitness app accidentally revealed the location of military bases around the world.
The app uses GPS to track users activitity, this information was used create a heat map
2018
The one and only British grown Chocolate.
a factory in York tried growing cacao in the inhospitable British weather, but harvested only enough for one small bar
2020
There is a planet half the radius of the Earth with a surface made up of diamonds.
55 Cancri e has a mass eight times that of Earthβs despite having half the radius
2020
The statue of Nemesis (goddess who punishes the arrogant) in Marathon, Greece.
Was carved from marble the Persians had brought to the battle with the intention of carving a monument to their victory
2020