Amazing Facts Essay

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Amazing Facts UNIVERSE: * It is believed that between 12 to 15 billion years ago Universe began with an incredible Big Bang releasing unimaginable explosion of energy. Sun is one of the billons of stars of Universe. * Sun burns 4 million tones of Hydrogen fuel every second. This can supply USA with electricity for 40 million years . * Venus is the only planet that rotates anticlockwise. * A new star is born in every 18 days. * In 1543 Nicholas Copernicus proposed a revolutionary theory that the earth and planets moved round the sun. * Earth like all planets in solar system was formed 4600 millions years ago. * Diameter of earth is 12757km. * Sun came into existence about 5 billion years ago. It will shine for another 5 billion years. * Sun shines ‘cos of the burning of hydrogen fuel in its nucleus and this is transformed into helium gas. * The temperature of sun at its surface is 6000 o C and at its core it is 15 million * C. * The largest magnet in the universe is our EARTH. This is ‘cos of the hot nickel and iron at the core pull every thing to it. * Light takes 8 minutes and 17 seconds from the sun to reach the earth. Light travels at a speed of 3 lakhs km /sec. * Cumulonimbus is largest cloud and can hold up to one million tones of water. NATURE: * Jelly fish and seaweed are the first living beings on earth. * Humming bird is the smallest bird in the world .IT can fly backwards and hover. * Owl is the only bird that can turn head almost in a complete circle . * Dinosaurs appeared on earth 225 million years ago and dominated earth for 160 million years. * Fastest animal on land is CHEETAH speed is 96 km/hr * To make 1 kg of honey bees have to visit 4 flowers, travelling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth. * Roses- 250 varieties and 10000 varieties of

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