Strange Science Facts To Ponder

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mattstaff
Oct 16, 2021 6:00 PM EDT

Learning new stuff can be a fun process. When it comes to fun facts in particular, you never know when you might want to bust these out if you find yourself in a conversation that needs some newfound life to it. Just picturing this wild planet with a ton of sharks cruising around, without any trees to be seen, is a tad bit unnerving. 

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    Font - Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek · Oct 2 That can't be... [googles] ...damn. What's a science fact that makes you sound unhinged if you say it out loud? We'll start: Sharks existed before trees. 75 27 361 1.6K Orman @LizardOrman Replying to @stealthygeek Sharks are also older than Saturn's rings
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    Font - R Breadnjam @RBrisnehan Replying to @stealthygeek Bears mate in Spring, but they're not actually pregnant until after fattening up for hibernation. At that time, the blastocyst implants into the uterine wall, or is expelled if the female hasn't gained enough weight to support a cub through the winter.
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    Organism - @TheJniac Replying to @stealthygeek and @makokaazo The Appalachian mountains are older than the Atlantic Ocean. Women can rank men's physical attractiveness by smell alone. According to current research in the Social Sciences, Marx was right.
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    Organism - Rik M @Notsafes_dad · Oct 2 Replying to @TheJniac @stealthygeek and @makokaazo The Appalachians and the Scottish Highlands are the same mountain range... 3 27 8 49 Alaina Franco @alainafranco · 5h Not too long ago I realized that my Welsh ancestors were just mining the same mountain range when they migrated to the Appalachians. Alaina Franco @alainafranco · 5h Not too long ago I realized that my Welsh ancestors were just mining the same mountain range when they migrated to the Appalac
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    Circle - Diamanda Hagan HAIL HAGAN @Diamandahagan Replying to @stealthygeek It's technically possible for Abraham Lincoln to have sent a fax to a samurai.
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    Font - Steve Craig (2=V/I) @SteveCraig5150 Replying to @stealthygeek and @AlexandraErin If an astronaut in high earth orbit throws an object at the earth, it will slingshot past earth and not burn up in the atmosphere simply because the distance is so great that the earth moves out of the way before it gets close enough. So they have to throw it forward instead. 12:55 PM · Oct 2, 2021 · Twitter for Android 21 Likes
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    Sky - Brent Mueller @Patchemup1 · Oct 2 Replying to @SteveCraig5150 @stealthygeek and @AlexandraErin If they throw it forward, it will just raise to a higher orbit. You have to throw it backwards of all things. 23 Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek · Oct 2 This is true. Throwing it forward imparts more velocity and boosts the object to a higher orbit, while slowing the astronaut and causing them to move to a lower orbit. Throwing the object backwards actually slows it down.
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    Organism - Enedelia Obregon @bossymama57 · Oct 2 Geneticists have discovered that all human embryos start life as females, as do all embryos of mammals. About the 2nd month the fetal tests elaborate enough androgens to offset the maternal estrogens and maleness develops. 39 STEMtheBleeding @STEMthebleeding Replying to @bossymama57 and @stealthygeek The gene that controls this process is known as the SRY (pronounced 'sorry') gene, which is pretty self- explanatory given the traits of most males.
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    Font - Susanna McCoy @SusannaMcCoy19 Replying to @stealthygeek You can avoid freezing to death If you are trapped in a car it's below freezing with one lit candle 1:37 PM · Oct 2, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone 4 Retweets 45 Likes Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek · Oct 2 Replying to @SusannaMcCoy19 We had a "Winter bag" in the trunk of our cars as kids because we loved in rural WI and the winters were harsh. There were road flates, boots, gloves, thermal blankets, some hard candy, waterproof matche
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    Font - A:\a\ron.txt he/him @brotheraaronn Replying to @stealthygeek Queen Elizabeth II is older than sliced bread. 2:51 PM · Oct 2, 2021 · Twitter for Android 27 Likes Tracy J Erickson @pdxtrent · Oct 2 Replying to @brotheraaronn and @stealthygeek So is Betty White. 19
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    Font - MOnOQma @MOn0Q Replying to @stealthygeek Plant life on earth was originally purple, not green.
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    Sky - AgainstHelpingAfganRefugees?SuzieYouReallyAreShit! @nosusancollins Replying to @stealthygeek and @jentrification The coastline of Maine is 51 miles longer than the coastline of California.
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    Font - Josh RoooO000oobin, MD • @DrSandman11 Replying to @stealthygeek and @colese All of the planets in our solar system, placed end to end, would fit between the Earth and the Moon
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    Font - Grumpy Robert AVGUS @GrumpyRPGReview The dark areas of the moon are cooled lava fields. They were fresh, and the glowing visible from Earth, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Replying to @stealthygeek
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    Font - Anna Maltese @MalteseAnna Replying to @stealthygeek Dinosaurs existed before flowers. 1:00 PM · Oct 2, 2021 · Twitter Web App 59 Likes TyphoidMari (she/her) @Typhoid_Mari_ · Oct 2 Replying to @MalteseAnna and @stealthygeek Magnolias existed before bees. They're pollinated by beetles. 4 27 2 ♡ 21
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    Font - Lori Granito @lorigspeaks Replying to @stealthygeek Horseshoe crab blood is more expensive than gold and probably saved your life without you knowing. 4:08 PM · Oct 2, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone Dr. Shaw @shawphd · 19h Replying to @lorigspeaks and @stealthygeek It is also bright blue!
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    Font - Dan Bressler @dan_bressler Replying to @stealthygeek The platypus doesn't have a stomach.
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