We have collected some mind-boggling facts that you would find very hard to believe.
10. Turritopsis nutricula, the immortal jellyfish
Immortality may be fiction to humans, but not to this type of fish. This jellyfish can live forever by reverting to its early stage of life after becoming sexually mature.
9. Many expensive brands of perfumes contain whale feces or vomit
You are not going to stop buying perfumes, are you?
8. Castles and even lighthouses less expensive than NYC apartments
Why would you want to live in NYC anyway? Ditch NYC and get a castle instead.
7. An ecosystem in your belly button
Around 2,300 different species of bacteria live inside your belly button. Yep, there is a whole new world in you.
6. 10 percent of the entire world population is still illiterate
Yes, even after the world became a global village, not everyone can get educated.
5. A full head of human hair can support 12 tons of weight
Talk about human strength. Oh and don’t try this at home!
4. Our Sun is just one star out of 300 sextillion stars
That would be a three followed by 23 zeros. Yes, that is annoyingly mind numbing.
3. Kola Superdeep Borehole
This Russian project was aimed at drilling a hole into the Earth’s crust. The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest artificial point on Earth and reached over 40,000 feet. If the hot magma had not made further digging impossible, this hole could have led to tectonic shifts triggered by unnatural pressure release into the atmosphere.
2. The number of possible iterations in a game of chess is higher than atoms in the entire universe.
Yep, that’s only 10120 (Shannon number).
1. At launch, the iPhone had the same computing power as NASA in 1969
NASA made it to the moon with the computing power of an iPhone. Yes, this one is hard to digest.
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the superdeep drill hole is only 9 inches wide. pictured is an open pit mine, which is also cool but not 12k deep.