Facts that have blown your mind

[Pinksands1]

Watching TV this morning and heard someone say that the population of London is greater than that of Wales and Scotland put together. I had no idea!

Anyone else have anything that has fascinated them that they just hadn't thought about?

[Andahelterskelterroundmylittle]

Rats on cocaine prefer jazz music 🎷

[hippohector]

The difference between a million and a billion.

This puts it in context:

One million seconds is 11 days, 13 hours 46 minutes and 40 seconds.

1 billion seconds is 31 years, 251 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 54.7843 seconds.

Mind blowing!

[MilkTwoSugarsThanks]

...54.7843 seconds.

How the hell d'you get a decimal from a whole number????

[DappledThings]

The T-Rex lived closer in time to us than it did to
the Stegasaurus.

[nubeejinnings]

Conception, the sperm and the egg. Unseen to the human eye but produce a human. Blows my mind every time I think about the miracle that it is!

[PegasusReturns]

@hippohector I like that one as well. And a trillion seconds is 189,276 years.

Useful for putting concept of wealth into perspective

[GoshHashana]

There's one about Cleopatra living closer to us in time than she lived to the first pharaohs. Or something. It impressed me when I heard it!

[tectonicplates]

The fact that Flat Earthers exist. I find it absolutely intriguing that some people genuinely believe the Earth is flat, and they're really serious about it and not joking.

[Brahumbug]

Cleopatra lived about 2000 years ago. The first Pyramids were built about 2500 before her time!