22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

Science is awesome. Even more awesome are science facts that you can learn really quickly to make yourself look all smart. Like the ones below!

But don't think too hard about them, or else you may end up breaking your brain.

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Entry by Yaznest

The Sun may be older than Earth, but the water we drink is older than the Sun.

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Entry by bookdragon

As metal expands on heating, the Eiffel Tower is actually 15-17cm taller in the summer CRACKED.COM

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Entry by PookieJones

A tomato has about 7,000 more genes than a human being. CRACKED COM

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Alaska is the most northern, eastern, and western state in the U.S. EASTERN HEMISPHERE 75N RUSSIA Alaska 60 N 180 CANADA 165 E Alaska's Aleutian Islan

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Entry by Maclise

X Not all infinities are the same size. Georg Cantor demonstrated that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though there's an infini

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

CRACKEDCON 3.04 TRILLION TREES THERE ARE MORE TREES ON EARTH THAN THERE ARE STARS IN THE MILKY WAY. APPROXIMATELY 400 BILLION STARS

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN TOKYO, THE CAPITAL OF JAPAN, THAN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF CANADA, THE SECOND BIGGEST COUNTRY AFTER RUSSIA. TOKYO POPULAT

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Entry by jaoafallas

Whether it's a giraffe or a mouse, pretty much all mammals have the same number of neck bones. CRACKED COM

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Entry by Yaznest

CRACKED.COM The Sun's atmosphere extends far beyond Earth. So, basically we live inside the sun.

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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Entry by jaoafallas

if you were born on venus you'd celebrate your finst birthday before you were even a day old. Venus is the slowest rotating planet in the solar system

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Entry by bookdragon

CRACKEDco THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ACTHALLY LOOKS BACK IN TIME. WHEN IT TAKES A PICTHRE OF A GALAXY 100 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAy, WE ARE SEEING THE

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Entry by LilySprite

CRACKEDCON A breeding pair of mice can produce over 100,0 000 descendants in just one year

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Entry by jaoafallas

THE LARGEST DESERT ON EARTH ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK. ANTARCTICA CONTAINS 90% OF EARTH'S FRESH WATER, BUT KEEPS IT INACCESSIBLY FROZEN. WITH LESS THAN 2 I

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Entry by Maclise

CRACKED COM Particles can flow UP streams of water. The effect is called vertical contamination.

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Plain hot coffee cools down faster than hot coffee which haS had cold cream added to it!

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Entry by Winslow Gee

REMOVE ALL THE EMPTY SPACE FROM ALL THE ATOMS IN ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH... ...AND ALL OF US COMBINED WOULD EQUAL THE VOLUME OF A SUGAR CUBE

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If you add up the weight of the electrons that are used to power up the entire internet, it would add up to approximately 50 grams or 1.76 ounces! m:

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Entry by Scott Laffey

22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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Entry by Maclise

Grand Central Station is more radioactive than a nuclear power plant. This is because of all the granite, which is slightly radioactive. While GRACY h

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Water balloons can stop a bullet! Water slows down the speed of a bullet so much, 5 water balloons in a row can totally stop a bullet (even one from a

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Entry by jaoafallas

A cloud may look fluffy and lighter-than-air but an average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds or 500, 000 kilograms. That's more than twice the