Thursday, September 29, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • the smallest unit of time is a yoctosecond  - 1 septillionth which is 10 to the power of negative 24
  • the softest known mineral is talc
  • the spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours
  • the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
  • the statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide
  • the stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair
  • the study of insects is called entomology
  • the subject of the first printed book in England was about chess
  • the Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
  • the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth

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