A list of quirky science facts copied from listverse.com - some interesting, some gross...
1. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body – laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times. Our blood vessels can travel the earth and yet we're stuck here in P.A. - not fair.
2. The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years. Never going to happen during science, no matter how much you might hope:)
3. Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide. EWWWWWW!!!! But perhaps a new Twilight-type book in the making, Mr. C style?
4. The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle is 166.94 mph by Fred Rompelberg. Hope Mrs. Ikert doesn't get any ideas!
5. The oceans contain enough salt to cover all the continents to a depth of nearly 500 feet. I'm thinking french fries!
6. Polar Bears can run at 25 miles an hour and jump over 6 feet in the air. Who would have thought?
7. Polar Bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur. Invisible, plus running after you at 25 miles per hour - sheesh! Never provoke a polar bear!
8. The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life. Do not run away from polar bears with your mouth open!
9. The temperature on the surface of Mercury exceeds 430 degrees C during the day, and, at night, plummets to minus 180 degrees centigrade. Even worse than Saskatchewan
10. The evaporation from a large oak or beech tree is from ten to twenty-five gallons in twenty-four hours. Tree sweat??!!
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