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Facts that have blown your mind

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Pinksands1 · 05/08/2020 08:34

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?

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Andahelterskelterroundmylittle · 05/08/2020 09:18

Rats on cocaine prefer jazz music 🎷

hippohector · 05/08/2020 09:35

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 · 05/08/2020 09:40

...54.7843 seconds.

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

DappledThings · 05/08/2020 09:44

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

nubeejinnings · 05/08/2020 09:58

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 · 05/08/2020 10:01

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

Useful for putting concept of wealth into perspective

GoshHashana · 05/08/2020 10:02

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 · 05/08/2020 10:49

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 · 05/08/2020 10:55

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

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