SCIENTIFIC FACTS YOU NEVER KNEW.

The human stomach can dissolve razor blades.

On the rare occasion that you swallow a razor blade, don’t fret. The human body is more capable than you think. Acids are ranked on a scale from 0 to 14—the lower the pH level, the stronger the acid. Human stomach acid is typically 1.0 to 2.0, meaning that it has an impeccably strong pH. In a study scientists found that ” back of a single-edged blade dissolved after two hours of immersion in stomach acid”.

A laser can get trapped in water

Yes, really . Thats how you see colourful fountains and watershows . A cool thing called total internal reflection is applied when pointing a laser beam through a container of water. When light travels through water, it’s slowed by the heavier particles in water. Thus, the laser beam effectively gets “trapped” in the water.

Earth’s oxygen is produced by the ocean

Ever stopped to think where oxygen comes from? Your first thought may be a rainforest, but marine organisms take the bait. Plankton, seaweed and other photosynthesizers produce over 50% of the world’s oxygen.

A cloud can weigh over a million pounds

The average cumulus( type of cloud) cloud can weigh up to a million pounds. A million pounds! That’s about as heavy as the world’s largest passenger jet. Which is bit more than 450000 kg.

There are more trees on Earth than stars in our galaxy

NASA experts believe there could be anywhere from 100 billion to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. However, a paper published in the journal Nature estimated that the number of trees around the world is much higher: 3.04 trillion.