30+ Stunning Facts About Natural Phenomena

30+ Stunning Facts about the Natural Phenomena

Nature and the history of mankind are not always related. Instead, there are a lot of unbelievable things occurred elsewhere and at any time frames within the similar space where humans dwelt. Some occurred events might not be appeared true to believe, but in reality they are true facts to be beheld. These facts probably describe the fantastic and mysterious truth of the nature. For example, writing one word needs to move around 70 pieces of muscles in a human's body; laser which is used to eliminate tattoo skin might have triggered explosion; the speed of a golf ball is equivalent to the average speed of the sport car; elephant's trunk is packed with 40,000 muscles and a list of such stunning facts go on as follows:

1. A recent record described that the giant waves rose to a maximum height of 21m, which was recorded over the ocean waves in the island of Maui in 2004. Nevertheless, the giant waves ever recorded at the head of Lituya Bay, Alaska on July 9, 1958 were 516m (1,720 ft). Such height was generated due to a combination of disturbances triggered by a large 8.3 magnitude earthquake along the Fairweather fault as documented in The Tsunami Page. The height is higher than New York's Empire State Building.
2. One cocoon can produce 1,000 ft long of silk, and thus 100 cocoons are needed to produce one silk-made tie
3. There are a total of 650 muscles in a human body
4. One large oak tree can produce 100,000 soft corks that are used to seal off the mouth of champagne or wine bottles
5. The taste buds found in our tongue will produce the mixture of sour, sweet, spicy and bitter tastes while we are eating. The life span of these taste buds is not long as they can only sustain as long as 10 days. Generally, there are approximately 10,000 taste buds scattering all over the tongue.
6. There are 2.5 trillion stars in the galaxies, and in a human body there are 250 trillion blood vessels.
7. Walking bare footedly over the fire could be an appalling activity to do. On July 2, 1998, a person who called David Barry attempted to walk bare footedly over a burning coal which has a temperature of 1,300 degree Fahrenheit (about 704 degrees Celsius; a temperature that is high enough to melt the steel off). He broke the record by walking over the burning coal with a distance measured as far as 165ft in length.
8. A golf ball which is hit from the front strike has a speed up to 170miles per hour, which is equivalent to an average speed of a Formula One racing car
9. There is no atmosphere on the top layer of the moon as its gravity is too weak. Therefore, all the gas particles are being absorbed to its surface. In the presence of the atmosphere, when someone is trying to talk on the moon, his word will not be passed out from his mouth.
10. In 1980, an outbreak of volcanic eruption from one volcano called St. Helen has created a historical record when the volcanic rocks shooting out from the crater with a speed reaching 250 miles per hour. Such speed is said to be faster than the Japanese famous bullet train.
11. A glass is made of a very stable material in a fix ratio. If the glass is left to be degraded naturally, it will take 100 million years to completely degrade. That is why it is very important to recycle the glass products. Each recycled glass bottle can save the energy that is power enough to light up the bulb for four hours.
12. The highest altitude a bird can reach is 37,000ft which is higher than a commercial aircraft flying at the altitude of 35,000ft
13. An aircraft emits smoke equivalent to 1% of the emission in the US. The smoke emission during take-off and landing of a Boeing 747 aircraft is equivalent to the smoke emission of a car which has covered a distance of 5,600 miles.
14. The odor of the Scotch whisky is composed by more than 300 chemical substances
15. A space shuttle requires 8 hours to fly across the United States, but the initial jumping speed of a flea is 20 times the acceleration speed of the space shutter
16. A crocodile can live as long as 100 years. Its weight can reach up to 2,500 pounds, which is equivalent to a weight of a small car.
17. A spider web is more firm than a material used to make a bullet-proof vest called B-fiber silk (a light solid, synthetic fiber). A pencil which is coiled with a bundle of spider web with a thickness similar to a rough rope is said to have strength to pull a Boeing 747 aircraft of.
18. The footprints by the astronauts and the marks by “Apollo” spacecraft will be left on the surface of the moon as long as 1,000 million years. By the time the moon reaches 1,000 million years, the distance from the earth to the moon will be an addition of another 357 miles further from the presence distance.
19. The tattoo is a new trend of the young generations. However, the coal workers will have their body accidentally tattooed while working inside the mine. Such tattoo is formed by the entering of coal ash into the skins and the healing of the wounds on the surface of the skin. This so-called tattoo has always put the coal workers in agony. If the tattoo is formed due to black gunpowder, the elimination of the tattoo using the laser can lead to an explosion.
20. The loudest voice can reach up to 129 decibels in the world. When the voice reaches 130 decibels, it will trigger headache and cause ear damage.
21. The average human heart beat is 75 times per minute. The volume of blood the heart delivers within a year can fill up an Olympic Game standard swimming pool.
22. One pound of explosive can produce 2,200 megawatts of energy. An explosion of 100 billion tons of explosives within one minute is equivalent to an energy released by the sun.
23. In the ancient Egypt, a mummy required 70 days to make. Scientists estimated that Egyptians had made a total of 70 million mummies.
24. A giraffe uses its tongue to clean its ears from the dirt
25. Human's hearing is limited to a maximum of 130 decibels. Therefore, human ears are hardly to bear on the rock which has an average volume of 150 decibels.
26. The earth is stricken by lightning 100 times every second. One lightning has an enough power to light up the bulb for 3 months.
27. Some snails can sleep up to 3 years, but human has an average sleep of 25 years
28. The helicopter's main rotor blade rotates 300 times per minute. Similarly, a puffin flaps its wings 300 times per minute.
29. A person with 150 pounds weighed on the earth will have his weight reduced to 25 pounds on the moon. However, his weight will be 4200 pounds on the sun.
30. The eyes blink at one-tenth per second. At an average, a person blinks his eyes 4.2 million times in a year.
31. When the spacecraft is approaching to the black hole nearer and nearer, its speed will become extremely slower than its usual flying speed. When the spacecraft is approaching to the black hole nearer and neared, it will finally stop suspending there. Its color will start to change from orange and gradually into red until it is disappeared into the inner part of the black hole.
32. The International Space Station will have a length of a large football field upon its completion. That means 90% of the people from the earth can see it with their naked eyes.