Most people die without appreciating the extensive list of amazing abilities possessed by different components of our rocky planet. Not do they even try to search for what gives awe beyond our atmosphere.
In this nearly compressive article, I will open you to facts that you weren't aware of. Let's start with one of the most common substances, the onion
Every day wonders
Did you know that if you keep an onion on your foot for 30 to 60minutes at night, it will purify your blood, kill bacteria, protect your body from most germs and also absorb toxins?
Saliva contains a painkiller called opiorphin which is 6times more powerful than morphine. I think that's why we used to smear saliva on fresh wounds when we were young.
If you brush your teeth using the other hand and force your brain to work differently with your conscience, your self-control level will increase drastically. It's a simple act that changes our mentality without our outright desire to do so.
It has been discovered that long-term intimate couples develop an interconnected memory system where they become dependent on each other to fill in certain memory gasps.
The jungle
Did you know that flying snakes exist? Chrysopelea m paradise, the paradise tree snakes propel through the air from one tree to another a trait which is nearly unbelievable.
Tech
The world’s smallest camera is just the size of a grain of salt but it can produce crisp, full color images like camera lenses that are 500000 times bigger in size. A product of continuous circuit integration making computers smaller with each iteration.
If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels. That's one hundred times more than what most phones can take.
The Q-carbon becomes the hardest compound known. This carbon compound beats it's once dominant brother, diamond.
Did you know that mantis shrimps have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom? Their eyes can see ultraviolet and polarized light. That simply means that a shrimp can look directly at the sun and also sense a very small crack in a dark tunnel.
In water
The victoria water lily is one of the strongest leaves in the world.These flat leaves are capable of holding up humans while floating on water.
In the air above
Did you know that stars keep twinkling due to turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere which causes our eyes to see them as changing in brightness and position? This comes out of continuous refraction as their light zips through different layers of our atmosphere.
Did you know that light production in fireflies is due to a type of chemical reaction called biolumiscence?
If you didn't know, China plans to have three artificial moons in the orbit around the Earth by 2022. These moons are expected to shine 8times brighter than the natural moon. With that, you should also know that the ISS(International Space Station) is going extinct and the only remaining space station will be owned by china which will make china the greatest space study centre.
A bite from a Brazilian wandering spider can cause an erection that lasts up to 4hours.
Thanks for reading to the end. I know that I can't complete the whole list. If I missed anything, let others know by appending it to the comments below.
AUTHOR
FRANCIS, JR KANKU
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