Some Facts

Why aren’t there that many people into science? Personally, I believe it has something to do with how it’s being communicated and, not least, how it’s being taught in school With this in mind, here are just ten amazing things that I’ve come to learn thanks to the progress of science. It’s this sort of knowledge that’s inspired me to learn more every day and it’s my deepest hope that something similar might happen to you as well. This list is much too short though, so I’m counting on you to keep it growing by adding your own science facts in the comments section. 1. There is enough DNA in an average person’s body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back — 17 times The  human genome , the genetic code in each human cell, contains 23 DNA molecules each containing from 500 thousand to 2.5 million nucleotide pairs. DNA molecules of this size are 1.7 to 8.5 cm long when uncoiled, or about 5 cm on average. There are about  37 trillion cells  in the human body and if you’d uncoil all

Density:  1 g/cm³ Boiling point:  100 °C Formula:  H 2 O Melting point:  0 °C Molar mass:  18.01528 g/mol IUPAC ID:  Water, Oxidane There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was formed. The water from your faucet could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank. Water is composed of two elements, Hydrogen, and Oxygen. 2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen = H2O. Nearly 97% of the world’s water is salty or otherwise undrinkable. Another 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers. That leaves just 1% for all of humanity’s needs — all its agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community, and personal needs. Water regulates the Earth’s temperature. It also regulates the temperature of the human body, carries nutrients and oxygen to cells, cushions joints, protects organs and tissues, and removes wastes. 75% of the human brain is water and 75% of a living tree is water. A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week w

In 2013, a Pizza Hut GM stood up and refused to force his employees to work on Thanksgiving, believing they should get to spend time with family instead. Post by Dinesh Jangra

Some facts about photography 1. The date celebrates August 19, 1839, when the French government bought the patent for the daguerreotype and released it “free to the world”. 2. The daguerreotype, invented in 1837, was the first practical photographic process. 3. The earliest known permanent photographic image, however, was created by a more complex process called heliography in 1826. 4. The exposure time needed to create that photograph was eight hours. 5. Thanks to digital cameras on mobile phones, more than 350 billion photos are now taken worldwide every year 6. Around 250 billion photographs have been uploaded to Facebook. Post by Dinesh Jangra

The Taj Mahal reigns supreme as one of the most recognizable and iconic images of India. Its delicate minarets, gracefully curved archways, and ice cream scoop domes have led many to make the pilgrimage to stand at its entrance and wonder at its grandeur. The wonder isn’t only found in its construction. Here stands a building that is as rich in history as it is in opulent marble. To help better appreciate this history, we have compiled a list of the 10 most interesting facts about Taj Mahal. It is estimated to have taken more than  22,000 people  to build this impressive building including laborers, painters, stonecutters, embroidery artists, and many others. According to legend, it is believed that  Emperor Shah Jahan had planned to construct another Taj Mahal  in black marble on the other side of the river but the war with his sons interrupted his plans. The  Taj Mahal takes on different coloring  at different times of the day, from a pinkish hue in the morning, milky white in

The  Himalayas  are a mountain range in South Asia, the highest in the world. The west end is in Pakistan. They run through Jammu and Kashmir, into the Republic of India's Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal states, Nepal, and the Kingdoms of Sikkim, and Bhutan. They end in the south of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region. The 15 highest mountains in the world are in the Himalayas. The main ones are the Mount Everest, K2, Annapurna, and Nanga Parbat. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on the face of the Earth. Mount Everest is 8,849 meters. There are over 100 mountains. Of the fifteen highest mountain peaks in the World, nine of them are in the Nepali Himalayas. The word "Himalaya" means  House of Snow  in Sanskrit, an old Indian language. The Himalayas are so high that they kept the Indian and Chinese people separate from each other most of the time. In fact, India is a peninsula that is cut off from the rest of Asia by the mountains. India is often called a su