- The moon is a quarter the diameter of the Earth and thus provides a steading gravitational influence on our planet - it keeps the Earth spinning at the right speed and angle needed to support life.
- Scientists believe that the Moon was created when an object the size of Mars slammed into Earth and blew out material which clumped together to form the moon.
- Raindrops would pound us senseless if we didn’t have the atmosphere to slow them down.
- The larger the star, the more rapidly it burns. So, if our sun happened to be ten times larger, it would have burned out after ten million years instead of ten billion years and humans would never have made it on the scene. Our sun is about 5 billion years old.
- The elements an organism needs is dependent on their evolution. Cattle evolved in areas of Europe and Africa where coper was abundant and therefore they need quite a lot of it. Sheep evolved in areas of Asia Minor where copper levels were poor and therefore require less - if there is excess copper in their food it accumulates in their liver with toxic effects. It is funny to think that sheep and cattle now graze side by side.
- The flattened top of a storm cloud is located at the boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere - an invisible ceiling in our atmosphere.
- An asteroid travels at such high velocity that when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere, the air beneath it wouldn’t be able to get out of the way but would be compressed - compressed air is fantastically (60,000 Kelvin) hot and would blast everything within 150 miles to oblivion in an instant.
- Ancient Egyptians used crocodile dung as an ingredient in a spermicide to prevent pregnancy.
- Yellowstone is a supervolcano - sitting upon a massive reservoir of molten rock that heats all the geysers, hot springs, and popping hot pots. The pressure of magma on the crust above has lifted Yellowstone 1,700 feet higher than it would have been.
- The ash fall from the last Yellowstone eruption covered much of the nineteen western states and parts of Canada and Mexico - if you shoveled the ash up it would bury New York State to a depth of sixty-seven feet.
May 27th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Some interesting facts to ponder. That would have to be one powerful God to coordinate all that science just so we could be on Earth.
As as for the crocodile dung as a spermicide; you’d think if you shoved dung up your whatsit you wouldn’t have to worry about any men coming near you.