FACTS!!
Fact 1.) The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (metres per second – that is equal to 186,287.49 miles per second).
Fact 2.)
The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus – In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.
Fact 3.)
Wireless’ communications took a giant leap forward in 1962 with the launch of Telstar, the first satellite capable of relaying telephone and satellite TV signals.
Fact 4.)
Astronauts cannot belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
Fact 5.)
The air at the summit of Mount Everest, 29,029 feet is only a third as thick as the air at sea level.
Fact 6.)
DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.
Fact 7.)
In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf .
Fact 8.)
If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.
Fact 9.)
It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth.
Fact 10.)
The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.
Venezuela has been named the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela since 1999. It is located on the northern coast of South America. It borders Columbia to the east, Brazil to the south and Guyana to the west.
Fact 2
The painting Mona Lisa is actually called La Gioconda
the woman in the painting was the wife of a man named Francesco del Gioconda
Fact 3
Betsy Ross didn't sew the first American Flag
there is no evidence that she did, it was a legend passed down by her grandson
Fact 8
No one has ever been found innocent of a crime
No one is innocent of a crime, just not guilty