Scientific Facts What Could Be More Interesting

The world average temperature is 15°C.

The world’s highest temperature was recorded in Ethiopia (63°C).

The hottest place in the world is the Red Sea port of Massawa in Eritrea, where the average day and night temperature is 30°C.

About 70.92% of the Earth’s surface is covered by the sea, which is approximately 139,573,699 square miles.

The largest ocean is the Pacific, which covers 47.31% of the world’s oceans and has an area of 66,030,124 square miles.

The largest meteorite to hit the Earth in historic times fell near Vanovara, Central Siberia, on June 30, 1908. It weighed approximately 200 tons.

Here is how many legs the following animals have:

The sloth lives upside down. It spends almost its whole life hanging from the branches of a tree. It is the laziest animal in the world — it almost never moves. That’s why the word “slothful” in English means “lazy”.

Snails can live for many years without food. A very interesting thing happened in the British Museum on March 7, 1850. A snail that had been fixed to a tablet on March 25, 1846, and which everybody thought was dead, came out of its shell. After that, the snail lived for a long time.

Is it harmful to drink rainwater? Actually, all the water we drink comes from rain. The difference between rainwater collected directly and rainwater from springs or wells is mainly in the amount of mineral salts. Rainwater collected directly contains almost no minerals, while rainwater that has been in contact with soil contains minerals. Therefore, it is not harmful to drink rainwater, although water with minerals tastes better.