• It takes 70% less energy to produce a ton of paper from recycled paper than from trees.


• Every year in the US, 625 people are struck by lightning.


• Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every year.


• The rocket engine has to supply its own oxygen so it can burn its fuel in outer space.


• The North Atlantic gets 1 inch wider every year.


• Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere (about 49.5%)


• A stroke of lightning discharges from 10 to 100 million volts & 30,000 amperes of electricity.


• A bolt of lightning is about 54,000°F (30,000°C); six times hotter than the Sun.


• Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%).


• The average distance between the Earth & the Moon is 238,857 miles (384,392 km).


• The moon is 27% the size of the Earth.


• The Earth weighs 6.6 sextillion tons, or 5.97 x 1024 kg.


• The center of the Sun is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million °C).


• Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20 seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).


• The highest temperature on Earth was 136°F (58°C) in Libya in 1922.


• The lowest temperature on Earth was -128.6°F (-89.6°C) in Antarctica in 1983.

Also See,

1. Science Facts for You - Part 01
   
2. Science Facts for You - Part 02
   
3. Science Facts for You - Part 03
   
4. Science Facts for You - Part 04
   
5. Science Facts for You - Part 05
   
6. Science Facts for You - Part 06
   
7. Science Facts for You - Part 07
   
8. Science Facts for You - Part 08
   
9. Science Facts for You - Part 09
   
10. Science Facts for You - Part 10
    
11. Science Facts for You - Part 11
    
12. Science Facts for You - Part 12

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