35 Mind-Blowing Science Facts About Our World

Our world is simply incredible, and the things that people have shared about it will truly blow your mind.

Liezel

• Published in Interesting
• February 28, 2022

Our world is an incredible one. It's just filled with so many things that we couldn't have even imagined if we didn't know about it before.

No matter how long we've been on this planet and no matter how much we know about it, it's still full of wonderful surprises. The best part is that we haven't even discovered all the surprises it has.

There are still plenty out there that is unknown to us that might completely change how we view our planet. They're just waiting for us to find them.

With the things that are known, however, it's impossible to know everything. Our brains aren't exactly like the internet to have everything.

Thankfully, this is made up for by the fact that there are various people all over the world who hold strange bits of science info that the rest of us doesn't know about. And they're glad to share all of it.

When Redditor analyzeTimes asked, "What is a scientific fact that absolutely blows your mind?" on the platform, people were ready to share their knowledge of facts that can sometimes be too crazy to be true. From trees being able to communicate to hippos sweating their own sunscreen, here are some facts that will mess with your brains.

Self entertainment, we love it.

We could only imagine how incredible that must have all felt

This just slaps us with the fact that humanity is still so young

And this is just one of the reasons trees are so freaking amazing

The bards of the sea

Hippos have far better skincare than us

And we thought anesthesia wasn't that terrifying

We are stardust, we are golden

It's like two people in o

So they partly commit suicide to grow? Damn evolution

Any way humans can harness that power?

The amount of destruction we've caused though makes it seem like we've been here for longer

It won't hit you until you're face to face with them in the ocean

Time seems so long if you put it that way

So losing weight increases your carbon footprint

That now makes us suspicious of everything we see

Nobody tell them what happens next

So trees also had their villain phase

That is a hell of a lot of beatles

Space really isn't joking

When history wants to share a bit of its secrets

So thinking caps can actually work?

Our brains just refuse to visualize this

Every photo will be of the past

Are they sure this vine is from Earth?

So slime molds can be smarter than some humans

In a galaxy far, far away...

The things we humans create are absolutely terrifying

It's the spacing that makes it seem impossible

Giraffe necks and short doesn't seem like they belong in the same sentence

No one can resist the Earth's pull

Humans are just compact

So very little chance of our toes not hitting the table leg

Think of all the space junk just casually bonding out there

Our world and all that it encompasses will never cease to amaze us. It is just incredible- from the smallest atom to the biggest planets!

We might forget how incredible it is sometimes and we might even take it for granted but it remains the same. We should really appreciate it more, don't you think?

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