22 Technically True Facts That Feel Wrong Anyway

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    SCIENCEFUNN Michel Siffre, a trained geologist and speleologist, spent 63 days alone in the Scarasson Cave (Maritime Alps) starting July 1962, with no clocks, no sunlight, and no external time cues Continue reading
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    -SCIENCEFUNN His initial aim was glacier study_ but he realized the conditions IM created a unique time isolation experiment, which lead to major discoveries about time and the human body Discoveries
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    -SCIENCEFUNN 1. Internal Circadian Rhythm # 24 Hours Siffre's body shifted to a ~25-hour internal cycle, drifting gradually out of sync with the 24-hour day Next discovery
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    -SCIENCEFUNN 2. Time Perception Became Distorted He lost track of weeks and days. At the end, he believed it was mid-August, when it was actually mid-September. Simple tasks like counting seconds became unreliable - his "two minutes" felt like five. Next discovery ✔
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    SCIENCEFUNN These findings launched the field of human chronobiology NASA and other agencies cited Siffre's data when exploring human adaptation in submarines, space missions, and time-isolated environments. He repeated long isolation experiments later (e.g., six months in a Texas cave, 76 days more in 2000), confirming the 25-hour cycles and deep psychological effects.
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    SCIENCEFUNN Scientists are developing tiny microrobots that could one day clear cholesterol from arteries without surgery
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    SCIENCEFUNN Mini black holes might be passing through your living room (without you noticing)
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    How night sky with light pollution looks like How night sky without light pollution looks like
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    How most people think the night sky looks like How it actually is
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    SCIENCEFUNN We should have a holiday called Space Day where lights are turned off for an hour to appreciate our starry night
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    SCIENCEFUNN Evolutionary biology shows cats are highly optimized, close to perfect, creatures
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    SCIENCEFUNN Scientists have launched the world's first commercially available biological computer powered by human brain cells and it's worth $35,000
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn Watt is love Baby don't Hertz me No Morse Don't Hertz me
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn 9 "Marie, every day you look more radiant."
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn Why was Pavlov's hair so soft? Because he conditioned it.
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn What happens if someone slaps you at high frequency? It Hertz
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn What's the time, Einstein? Relative OMEME @YashdeepKanhai
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    Earth in 1972 Earth today SCIENCEFUNN Same Planet. Different Story
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 Bruce? @sciencefunn |Do you think we're alone in the universe? SoyCabokeyss Avengergran You're from outer space... Oh... Right.
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn The Earth's rotation is slowing down, which means that every day is the longest day of your life. Skeletor will be back with another disturbing fact IG @sciencefunn
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn 1930: "We discovered a new planet. Let's name it Pluto." 2006: "Pluto doesn't fall under our definitions of a planet so it is no more a planet." 2019: "We should consider Pluto as a planet again." *Pluto* 0
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    SCIENCE IS Science Is Fun FUN 1-1-2-3-5-8 @sciencefunn 5-7 billion years from now when Sun turns into Red Giant Star and swalows Mercury, Venus and possibly Earth... Pluto be like: "Who's not a planet now?!”
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