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Amazing science facts

Amazing science facts

Collection of science facts not everyone knows.

Daniel Lemire

May 21, 2018
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  1. Where does plant matter comes from? Plants grow from a

    tiny seed to a large plant. Where does this matter comes from? 7
  2. If you lose weight, where does the mass goes? If

    you eat less, you lose weight. Where does the mass goes? 9
  3. When you burn wood, where does the energy come from?

    Sun shines on trees, trees make wood. Energy from wood comes from the Sun. 11
  4. Where does coal comes from? We got forests that captured

    CO2. But we did not have bacteria to eat dead wood. They came much later. So we accumulated layers and layers of wood. It has turned into coal. Coal is solid carbon from CO2. 12
  5. Where do you come from? You come from a single

    cell from your mother. All of your cells have the same genetic information. 13
  6. All of the mother's cells come from a cell from

    your grand‑mother's and so forth. 14
  7. your genes encode about 1 GB of data (easily fits

    in memory on a cheap phone). 17
  8. Aging Human beings age: they become less fit over time,

    more likely to die. It does not affect all animals. Naked Mole Rats, lobsters do not lose fitness with time. Many trees age in reverse: they become stronger over time. 18
  9. People get smarter Flynn effect: Intelligence of human population increases

    over time. IQ measures intelligence. Average is 100. IQ increases at a rate ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 each year. About 3 IQ points per decade. 19
  10. People born after 2000 have a life expectancy > 100

    years. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673609614604 20
  11. More people? Population in Japan and Germany is decreasing. Already

    a third of Japan is made of people 65 years or older. 21
  12. Blind spot There is a blind spot in our retina

    where the optic nerve connects. 22
  13. 80% of the matter in the universe is unaccounted for

    We call it "dark matter". Nobody knows what it is made of. 23
  14. How many cells? You have 100 billion neurons (brain). About

    35 trillion cells in your whole body. They all came from one of your mother's cell. Divided by two, then by two then by two. Plus about 100 trillion bacteria. Most of your cells are in your digestive system (bacteria). 24
  15. Power usage A human body uses about 100 Watts. 20

    Watts alone is for the brain. Your brain uses about as much energy as a small lamp. An iPhone battery could power your body for about 3 mins. 25
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