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During our schooling, we learned a lot of things in science about DNA, the human body, Newton’s laws, Einstein’s theories, etc. But science certainly doesn’t end there and knows no bounds. However, science facts have always fascinated people, be it kids or adults.

The following are some strange but true science facts for kids that their teachers might have forgotten to mention in the class.

 

• Snakes are actually carnivores. They eat other animals and ingest no type of vegetation.

  Most of their species are found in tropical regions. Moreover, the most interesting science fact is that its heart can move around its entire body. Amazing. Isn’t it?

 

• The Hydrangea flower changes its color based on the pH of the soil.

  Soil with a pH less than 5.5 will grow blue hydrangeas, a pH of 6.5 or higher will produce pink hydrangeas and the soil between 5.5 and 6.5 will sprout purple color hydrangeas. Such a colorful science fact.

• The pistol star happens to be the most luminous star ever known. It is 10 million times brighter than the sun.

  It is present in the Milky Way. The star gets the name from the Pistol Nebula, which is illuminated by it. The pistol star is about 25,000 light-years away from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. The solar system has a lot of science facts that we are missing out on.

 

• Guess the coldest place in the whole Universe.

  It is on Earth in Wolfgang Ketterle’s lab in Massachusetts. It has a temperature of 0.000000000001 degrees Kelvin. He hoped to discover new forms of matter by studying extremely cold atoms. Isn’t this science fact mind-boggling?

• Human saliva has a painkiller in it called opiorphin.

It is 6 times more powerful than morphine. In addition, opiorphin may as well exert anti-depressive and anti-panic action. Scientists are trying to use this as an alternative to morphine, which can be quite dangerous.

 

• If Earth suddenly stopped

If Earth suddenly stopped spinning someday, inertia would make everything to jerk sideways at a speed of 1,600 kph including the ocean water. Not exactly a science fact, but isn’t it astounding?

 

• Newborn babies cannot shed tears.

  They can only make crying sounds because they don’t have tear ducts. Tears can only start to flow after 4-12 weeks of their birth.

• The fastest muscle

The eye is known to have the fastest muscle in the human body. It contracts in less than 1/100th of one second. A blink commonly lasts 100-150 milliseconds. You generally blink more while talking and comparatively lesser while reading.

 

• Our Solar System

In our solar system, Venus is the only planet that rotates in the clockwise direction. It can sometimes be visible to the naked eye in the broad daylight. It is commonly also known as the ‘morning star’ or the ‘evening star’. Science facts can never stop leaving us all amazed.

 

More Such Amazing Science Facts

 

• One of the most amazing science facts is that the first successful blood transfusion to ever take place happened between two dogs in the year 1660.

• The world’s lowest density solid is Aerogel, clocking in at 96% of air. It is also known as frozen smoke. It is practically impossible to see or feel it, but if you will poke it, it will feel like a Styrofoam. It is the best insulator in existence.

• Turtles are reptiles and have been around since dinosaurs. The unique and rough shell is a part of their skeleton. They also tend to stay under the water for 4-7 hours. Turtles also have a compass sense to navigate their way through oceans. A very seldom known science fact.

• World’s smallest poisonous frog- Mount Ibiera Frog has a size of less than 1 centimeter long and the skin of the frog is 200 times more toxic than morphine. It is typically found in Cuba.

• Jellyfish and lobsters are biologically considered to be immortal. These creatures don’t usually age and won’t ever die unless they are killed. Another related science fact- Other than human beings, only whales, dolphins, and gorillas can commit suicide.

• The Eiffel Tower can be measured to have 15cm more in it during the summers. This happens to be because of a very common phenomenon, that the particles of a substance move more, thus, taking up a larger space. Similarly, if the temperature reduces these particles show contraction. Another part of this science fact that will amaze you is, that when large bridges are made, they also portray a similar expansion and contraction.

 

Conclusion

 

The number of scientific facts is uncountable and only very few of them could be covered here. Science facts about the solar system, science facts about the human body, science facts about the plants and animals around here are limitless and can leave us all astounding and curious to know more about it. Many of the above mentioned interesting science facts are seldom known to all. We should never limit our bounds to knowledge as there’s always more to know out there.