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Lightning detection systems have discovered that lightning can travel a distance of 60 miles or more. Vertical lightning strikes can stretch a distance between 5 to 10 miles while Horizontal lightning strikes can be 60 miles or more.
The longest lightning bolts start at the beginning of a squall line and travel horizontally behind the squall line […]
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A cockroach can survive for about a week or so without its head! If a cockroach becomes decapitated, the wound on their neck would clot and seal off. If this happens they will no longer be able to eat food, but insects can survive for weeks on only one meal.Â
Without a brain, cockroaches can still perform simple […]
Halley’s Comet appears every 75 to 76 years. It has had a recorded appearance since at least 240 BC. The last time Halley’s Comet crossed our planet’s sky was in 1986. Sometimes referred to as Comet Halley, it was formed 4.5 billion years ago.
Halley’s Comet was named after Edmund Halley who predicted the next time it […]
One out of every hundred American citizens is color blind. But did you know that everyone is color blind at one point in their life. As a newborn until about six to eight months old, babies are in a state of being colorblind because their cone cells have not developed yet.
Many people have a misconception […]
Lightning sets about 10,000 forest fires every year in the United States. These fires begin when lightning strikes dry “fuel”. The dry fuel can be dry grass, shrubs, leaves, branches, and brush among others.
During the dry season, these fires will rage continuously feeding on everything in sight. This high volume of destruction causes approximately […]
On average, a person loses 40-100 strands of hair per day. Yes, both men and women are constantly losing hair whether they realize it or not. In comparison to the amount of hair lost daily, the average head contains 100,000 strands of hair. This is just part of the hair growth cycle.
On the other hand, […]
Some large asteroids in outer space even have their own moon. This surprising feature of asteroids was first discovered orbiting around the asteroid, Ida. Ida’s moon, named Dactyl, roughly measures 0.75 x 0.87 x 1.0 miles.
It is estimated between 10-30% of all asteroids have their own moon. To learn more facts about outer space, please visit […]
The ‘crosshairs’ of gun sights were made of spider web filaments until the 1960’s. History has shown that humans have made good use of spider web silk in the past. One of these uses of silk was for creating the crosshairs of scopes used in microscopes, telescopes, bomb targeting systems and guns.
The properties of spider […]
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