20 Interesting Science Facts (#4)
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- As of November 2011 there have been 118 elements discovered. Out of the 118 only 98 are know to occur in nature.
- Liquid oxygen is blue.
- Oxygen was the atomic weight standard for the other elements until 1961 when it was replaced by carbon.
- Ozone can be produced from lightning strikes.
- Copper and gold are the only two non-silvery metals.
- Chilly peppers don’t work on birds.They can eat them without feeling any pain.
- Hennig Brand was the first person recorded to have discovered a new element.
- Technetium was the first element to be made artificially.
- About 1% of the sun’s mass is oxygen.
- Saturn’s rings are on average only 20 meters thick.
- Uranus is the only planet named after a Greek god instead of a Roman one.
- The iPhone 5 has more processing power than the Mars Curiosity rover.
- Sir Joseph John Thomson discovered electrons and isotopes. He also invented the mass spectrometer.
- Mole day is between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM on October 23rd.
- Iodine comes from the greek word iodes, which means violet.
- Calcium comes from the Latin word calcis which means lime.
- Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe.
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- The brain shuts down your vision when you turn your head quickly, to prevent motion blur.
- According to NASA, the moon smells like gunpowder.
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