Amazing Facts about Space, Planets and Universe

 

125 Amazing Facts about Space, Planets and Universe

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• 1. Saturn's moon Titan has plenty of evidence of organic (life) chemicals in its atmosphere.

• 2. Life is known to exist only on Earth, but in 1986 NASA found what they thought might be fossils of microscopic living things in a rock from Mars.

• 3. Most scientists say life's basic chemicals formed on the Earth. The astronomer Fred Hoyle said they came from space.

• 4. Oxygen is circulated around the helmet in space suits in order to prevent the visor from misting.

• 5. The middle layers of space suits are blown up like a balloon to press against the astronaut's body. Without this pressure, the astronaut's body would boil!

• 6. The gloves included in the space suit have silicon rubber fingertips which allow the astronaut some sense of touch.

• 7. The full cost of a spacesuit is about $11 million although 70% of this is for the backpack and the control module.

• 8. Ever wondered how the pull of gravity is calculated between heavenly bodies? It's simple. Just multiply their masses together, and then divide the total by the square of the distance between them.

• 9. Glowing nebulae are named so because they give off a dim, red light, as the hydrogen gas in them is heated by radiation from the nearby stars.

• 10. The Drake Equation was proposed by astronomer Frank Drake to work out how many civilizations there could be in our galaxy - and the figure is in millions.

• 11. SETI is the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence - the program that analyzes radio signals from space for signs of intelligent life.

• 12. The Milky Way galaxy we live in: is one among the BILLIONS in space.

• 13. The Milky Way galaxy is whirling rapidly, spinning our sun and all its other stars at around 100 million km per hour.

• 14. The Sun travels around the galaxy once every 200 million years – a journey of 100,000 light years.

• 15. There may be a huge black hole in the very middle of the most of the galaxies.

• 16. The Universe is probably about 15 billion years old, but the estimations vary.

• 17. One problem with working out the age of the Universe is that there are stars in our galaxy which are thought to be 14 to 18 billion years old – older than the estimated age of the Universe. So, either the stars must be younger, or the Universe older.

• 18. The very furthest galaxies are spreading away from us at more than 90% of the speed of light.

• 19. The Universe was once thought to be everything that could ever exist, but recent theories about inflation (e.g. Big Bang) suggest our universe may be just one of countless bubbles of space time.

• 20. The Universe may have neither a centre nor an edge, because according to Einstein’s theory of relativity, gravity bends all of space time around into an endless curve.

• 21. If you fell into a black hole, you would stretch like spaghetti.

• 22. Matter spiraling into a black hole is torn apart and glows so brightly that it creates the brightest objects in the Universe – quasars.

• 23. The swirling gases around a black hole turn it into an electrical generator, making it spout jets of electricity billions of kilometers out into space.

• 24. The opposite of black holes are estimated to be white holes which spray out matter and light like fountains.

• 25. A day in Mercury lasts approximately as long as 59 days on earth.

source: http://www.amazingspacefacts.50webs.com 

 

Facts and figures about London Olympic opening ceremony

 

 

Sheep, nurses, Mr. Bean. With Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle at the helm of a creative team, the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony was held Friday at London's Olympic Stadium.

"This is for everyone" is the theme of the opening ceremony. Organizers said the ceremony celebrates the achievements of key figures from British history and the creativity, exuberance and generosity of the British people.

 

Following is the London Olympics opening ceremony by the numbers.

 

• Stage: 15,000 square meters of staging -- equivalent to 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

 

• Audience: An estimated number of 4 billion global audience will watch the ceremonies (Olympic opening and closing, and Paralympic opening and closing).

 

• Volunteer: A total of 7,500 volunteers took part in a total of 284 rehearsals at two east London rehearsal sites and at the Stadium. The child volunteers were drawn from 25 schools. The 170 16-18 year olds, from six colleges.

 

• Animal: 40 sheep, 12 horses, 3 cows, 2 goats, 10 chickens, 10 ducks, 9 geese and 3 sheep dogs are involved in the scene -- looked after by 34 animal handlers.

 

• Music: 500 speakers and 50 tons of sound equipment were used in the ceremony.

 

• Costume: 40,000 recycled plastic water bottles and 10,000 recycled plastic bags are incorporated into the costumes.

 

• Technology: Among the most exciting new ideas are the "audience pixels." The pixel screen extends around the audience seating area and is made up of 70,799 small panels mounted between the seats. Each of these panels has nine LED pixels -- there are nearly 640,000 in total -- which are controlled by a central computer.

 

• Olympic Rings: The five Olympic Rings were launched into space carried by four balloons. By the end of the ceremony, the rings will have reached the stratosphere.

 

 

• British meadow: The meadow built at the center of the stadium uses 7,346 square meters of real turf, including crops.

 

• Beds: 320 beds were used in a segment of the show, which honored two of Britain's greatest achievements: its amazing body of children's literature and its National health Service. Almost all the 600 volunteer dancers in this segment work for the NHS.

 

• Mini Cooper: One Mini Cooper car was used in the opening show.

 

• Litter drop: A helicopter dropped 7 billion tiny pieces of paper on the stadium -- one for each person on the planet.

 

 

 

 

Did You Know? (height)

 

Did You Know?

(height)

 

• Did you know the typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres

 

• Did you know clouds fly higher during the day than the night

 

• Did you know when born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall

 

• Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high

 

• Did you know the tallest mammal is the giraffe

 

• Did you know a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall

 

• Did you know the Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall

 

• Did you know banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall

 

• Did you know acrophobia is the fear of heights

 

• Did you know an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)

 

 

Source: Did-You-Knows.com 

 

Most Popular Language Facts

 

Most Popular Language Facts

 

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2. WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW. 'WASITACARORACATISAW'. This is the only English sentence which even if we read in reverse, it'll give the same sentence.

3. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

4. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

5. There are around 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

6. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

7. The word 'Tips' is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.

8. The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

9. The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!

11. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!

 12. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!

 13. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

 14. The longest word in the English language with no vowels is 'Rhythms'.

15. The longest word in the English language is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses'!

16. The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!

17. More people in China speak English than in the United States.

18. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

19. Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.

20. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!

 

Facts About Earth

Facts About Earth

 Earth is best defined as the only planet in our solar system that is known to support life. It is the third planet in the solar system, in terms of ascending distance from the Sun. Earth has all the ingredients needed for life, in the form of air, water, and so on. The fifth largest planet in the solar system, the planet is composed of three layers - a core, a mantle and an outer crust. A fun trivia about Earth is that though the planet is named 'Earth' only 29 percent of its surface is actually comprises of land (earth), while the rest is made up of water. Read on to explore some more interesting and fun facts about Earth.

• Earth is the only planet in the Solar System to have water in all its three states of matter: solid (ice), liquid (sea, rain, etc.) and gas (clouds).
• Earth is almost five billion years old, although life has only existed on the planet for the last 150 to 200 million years. This means that life has been present on the planet for only 5%-10% of its lifetime.
• Earth and Mercury are the two densest planets in the Solar System.
• The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun is 365 and a quarter days. To make up this extra quarter, which isn't counted at the end of a year, we have an extra day every four years i.e. on 29^th February.
• Earth is gradually slowing down. Every few years, an extra second is added to make up for lost time. Millions of years ago, a day on Earth will have been 20 hours long. It is believed that, after a few million years, a day on Earth will be 27 hours long.
• The centre of the Earth i.e. its core is molten. This means that it is liquid rock, which sometimes erupts onto the surface through volcanic eruptions. This core is 7,500° C hotter than the surface of Sun!
• Earth is the only planet in the Solar System not to be named after a mythical God.
• Despite being called Earth, only 29% of the surface is actually 'earth' (land). The rest of the planet's surface (71%) is made up of water.
• From a distance in space, Earth would seem to be the brightest of the 8 planets. This is because large amount of sunlight is reflected by the water on the planet.
• Earth is the only planet in the Solar System known to be geologically active, with earthquakes and volcanoes forming the landscape, replenishing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and erasing impact craters from meteors.
• Earth's average distance from the Sun is 149,600,000 km (92,960,000 miles)
• Earth has a diameter of 12,760 km and mass of about 5.972 x 1024 kg
• Earth is the fifth largest planet in the Solar System.
• Earth has only one satellite, the Moon. Moon is the second brightest object in the sky, as seen from the planet. The moon is at an average distance of 238,857 miles cause’s tides in oceans and slows the planets rotation and stabilizes the axial tilt.
• Earth's atmosphere is composed mainly of nitrogen (77%), oxygen (21%), argon (0.93%), and carbon dioxide (0.03%).
• El Azizia (Libya) is the hottest place on Earth, while Vostok (Antarctica) is the coldest.
• Earth travels at an orbital speed of around 108,000 km (67,000 miles) an hour.
• Earth, along with Mercury, is densest planet in the Solar System.
• Earth is home to millions of species, including humans.
• The average distance between Earth and Moon is 238,857 miles (384,403.1 km).
• The Earth has a magnetic field with north and south poles. The Earth's magnetic field reaches 36,000 miles into space which deflects particles in solar wind.
• Ten percent of the earth's surface is covered by ice.
• Earth orbits around the Sun at a distance of about 150 million Km or (92,960,000 miles). The sphere of influence of the Earths gravity  is about 1,500,000 Km of  radius. This is maximum distance at which the Earth's influence of gravity is stronger than Sun and planets. Objects which are within this radius must orbit the Earth.
• The earth is struck by lightning 100 times per second approximately.

 

Mathematical Facts

• Weight of one cu. ft water =
• Velocity of light in vacuum

                                                   

• Velocity of sound in dry air at

                                                                

• Mean radius of earth
• Electronic charge
• Mass of electron
• Polar diameter of the earth
• Equatorial diameter of the earth
• Circumference of the earth
• Total area of the earth
• Total water area 
• Total land area

 

Top 10 Richest Countries of the World

Here is a top 10 list of worlds richest countries according to World Factbook and Wikipedia measured by GDP per capita. GDP or Gross Domestic Product is the value of all the goods that a country produces. GDP per capita stands for the value an average person produces.

10. Switzerland  – $39,800 (GDP per capita)

This cheese making country is considered to be one of the most neutral countries in the world. During World War 2, people from other European countries deposited their money in the banks of Switzerland, knowing that their money would be safer there than in their home countries. Some well known Swiss companies include Nestle, Logitech, Rolex and Credit Suisse.

 

9. Equatorial Guinea – $44,100

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a country in Central Africa. Most people have never heard of it. This country flew into stardom after 1996 when large oil reserves were found in the nation of only 0,5 million people. While being one of the largest producers of oil in Africa, little has been made to improve the living conditions of the people. Corruption is widespread and ordinary people are mostly living in poverty. The gap between rich and poor is probably the largest in the world.

 

8. Ireland - $45,600

This member of European Union has been often admired as one of the most modern knowledge economies in the world. Ireland is the largest maker of computer software in the world. A study done by The Economist ranked the Celtic Tiger to have the best quality of life in the world.

 

7. United States – $46,000

What sets the US apart from most other countries in this list is its size. While most other countries in this list are among the smallest in the world the US has a population of over 300 million and a total land area of 3,79 million square miles (9.83 million sq km). The US is also home to the largest amount of billionaires in the world. It is speculated that as many billionaires live in the US as in the rest of the world.

 

6. Singapore – $48,900

This tiny country consists of 63 islands and some mainland with a total area of only 270 square miles (704 sq km). With Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan it is considered one of the Four Asian Tigers. Singapore has the busiest port in the world and is the 4th largest foreign exchange trading center in the world. Singapore is widely believed to be the most business-friendly economy in the world.

 

5. United Arab Emirates – $55,200

This oil and natural gas rich country has a highly developed economy which makes it one of the most developed in the world. Having more money than they know what to do with, they have built numerous artificial islands and just finished building the worlds highest structure – Burj Khalifa. It is 828 meters tall, being about 2 times as high as the Empire State Building in New York. It is estimated that about 1/4th of the total construction going on in the world is taking place in Dubai – one of the largest cities in United Arab Emirates.

 

4. Kuwait – $55,300

In Arabic Kuwait translates to “Fortress built near water”. In addition to being on the coast of the Persian Gulf, this country has well known neighbors like Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Kuwait has the worlds fifth largest proven oil reserves – about 10% of the worlds total. Being a country without taxes, about 80% of the governments revenue comes from exporting oil. Having the second-most free economy in the Middle East, Kuwait has one of the fastest growing economies in the region.

 

3. Norway – $55,600

Norway is one of the few highly developed countries in Europe that are not part of the European Union. This oil and natural gas rich country has living costs more than 30% higher than in the United States. In 2006 only Russia and Saudi Arabia exported more oil than Norway.

 

2. Qatar – $75,900

This Arabic speaking country has less than 2 millions people and gained independence from Great Britain only in 1971. Qatar used to be a poor Islamic country but since the discovery of oil and natural gas in the 1940s, it is completely transformed. With no income tax it is one of the least taxed countries in the world, while still offering most of its services to the population for free.

 

 

1. Luxembourg – $80,800

This tiny country with a total population of less than 500 000 is a true European miracle. By tiny we mean the 8 smallest country in the world. From top to bottom it’s only about 50 miles and at its widest about 30 miles.

Where does the money come from?

Well, there is over 250 banks crammed into the small country! It has the largest banking concentration in the European Union and probably in the world. In addition to being rich the people are smart as well. In elementary school everyone studies in French, starting from middle school they learn in German and in high school the main language is English. Their own language is Lëtzebuergesch.

 

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The Lord Will Be Your Everlasting Light

 

M.H

 

A Glimpse of the World

A Glimpse of the World

 

Listen to this ....
This makes you think !!!

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village
of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human
ratios remaining the same, it would look something
like the following :
There would be:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's
wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer



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If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness...you are more blessed than the million who
will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture,
or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 500
million people in the world.

If you can attend a relgous meeting without fear of
harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more
blessed than three billion people in the world.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your
back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are
richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and
spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the
top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still alive and still married ...
you are very rare, even in the United States and
Canada.

If you can read this message, you just received a
double blessing in that someone was thinking of you,
and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two
billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

Work like you don't need the money.

Love like you've never been hurt.

Dance like nobody's watching.

Sing like nobody's listening.

Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

 

B.B