Interesting facts for students

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An adult human being is composed of about 60% water. In fact, a newly born baby is composed of about 80% of water. This will drop to 65% after a year and finally to about 60% as the child ages

Biology

555 in Thailand should sound like “hahaha”. This is because the word 5 means “ha” in Thailand

Mathematics

Gold and copper are the only two non-silvery colored metals. Please read some interesting facts about gold here

Chemistry

10! Actually means 10 factorial.

10! = 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3628800

3628800 seconds is the same as 42 days

42 days is the same as 6 weeks

Mathematics

When you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111; the result equals 12,345,678,987,654,321

Mathematics

Without saliva, food can never be enjoyed. Food becomes tasteless since saliva is needed to dissolve the chemicals present in food onto the tongue’s taste buds.

Saliva also contains an enzyme called salivary amylase or "ptyalin" which helps to digest cooked starch to maltose. Maltose is a double sugar or disaccharide. Please read on sugars here

Biology

Every planet has its own unique gravitational force, for instance, Mars has a gravity of 3.711 m/s² while earth’s gravitational force is 9.807m/s². Please read on gravity here

Physics

Copper is the only metal that is naturally antibacterial. This is why you would see some children carry copper water bottles to school

Chemistry

Water actually freezes faster when it’s warm than when it’s cold

Chemistry

The first menu item when McDonald's commenced was actually "Hot Dogs" and not "Hamburgers"

Home Economics

The big five tech companies are GOOGLE, AMAZON, FACEBOOK, APPLE and MICROSOFT

Please read on Notable dates on internet evolution here.

ICT

Volkswagen group of companies own some of the top cars of the world. These are Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini and Porsche

Basic Technology

Instabul is a city in Turkey. It's the only city that lies between two continents. Instabul lies between Europe and Asia

Geography

Amazon is an e-commerce website launched in 1995. It did not make any profit for its first seven years.
Amazon's first profit was in 2003. Its founder "Jeff Bezos" is the richest man in the world as at 2018/2019

Commerce

When two metals are put together in space, they will stick together as if they are welded. This phenomenon is called cold welding

Physics

It is believed that the Amazon rainforest is responsible for producing about 20% of earth's oxygen.
Please read on tropical rainforest here.

Geography

Most element in their pure state exists physically in different forms. For instance, pure carbon can exist as both diamond and graphite. This phenomenon is called allotropy.
Please read on modification of Dalton's atomic theory here.

Chemistry

The fastest animal on land is Cheetah. It can reach a maximum speed of about 113km per hour.
Please read on motion, speed, velocity and acceeration here

Physics

It is believed that Bookkeeping is the only English word to contain three sets of double letters repeatedly.

please read our article on bookkeeping vs Accounting here

Accounts

The middle part of the earth or (center of the earth) is actually hotter than the sun

Geography