Comments on: 100 Interesting Science Facts

By: BryanPNG

BryanPNG — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:35:04 +0000

“Regarding ‘pigs 30 minute orgasms; the police get all the benefits eh?”

Bazing! Great one!

Pretty interesting. I knew some things, but I smiled on most of them!

Thanks very much!

By: The Swede

The Swede — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:34:44 +0000

87/ The largest desert in the world, the Sahara, is 3,500,000 square miles.

That’s wrong, it’s actually antarctica of all places. =)

By: Phil E. Drifter

Phil E. Drifter — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:15:44 +0000

“94/ A typical hurricane produces the nergy equivalent to 8,000 one megaton bombs.”

Makes your entire list worthless.

By: me

me — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:04:20 +0000

79/ Even traveling at the speed of light it would take 2 million years to reach the nearest large galaxy, Andromeda.

actually, if you could travel at the speed of light, it would take you no time at all because time would stop… it would take 4 million years on earth for you to get back

By: evan

evan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:31:07 +0000

number 87 is wrong. the largest dessert on earth is actually antarctica.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:49:10 +0000

re: “…he risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurence every 9,300 years”

-Do you mean the same human, or any human?

(from the web) :
# On November 30, 1954, Alabama housewife Ann Hodges was taking a nap on her couch when she was awakened by a 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) meteor that crashed through the roof of her house, bounced off a piece of furniture and struck her in the hip, causing a large bruise.
# On October 9, 1992,
# a large fireball was seen streaking over the eastern United States, finally exploding into many pieces. In Peekskill, New York, one of the pieces struck a Chevrolet automobile owned by Michelle Knapp. Knapp was not in the car at the time, but heard the crash and ran out to her driveway to find a hole punched clear through the trunk of her car and a warm 26-pound (12-kilogram) meteorite lying under the vehicle. But things turned out well in the end — her old and rather run-down automobile instantly became a collectors item and later sold for tens of thousands of dollars. On June 21, 1994,

June 12th, 2009: Youth struck in hand by meteorite:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/boy-survives-being-struck-by-a-meteorite/

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:08:24 +0000

63/ It would take over an hour for a heavy object to sink 6.7 miles down to the deepest part of the ocean.

Heavy things don’t necessarily sink, like aircraft carriers. I assume you meant a very dense object.

By: The Baldchemist

The Baldchemist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:24 +0000

Thanks for the list. Some interesting things there . But, the tempeature in Antartica often gets lower that -55 degrees celcius.

Regarding “pigs 30 minute orgasms; the police get all the benefits eh?
Thanks