131. Fact

The skylab astronauts grew 1.5 - 2.25 inches (3.8 - 5.7 centimeters) due to spinal lengthening and straightening as a result of zero gravity.

132. Fact

An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow.

133. Fact

Tremendous erosion at the base of niagara falls (usa) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.

134. Fact

40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.

135. Fact

A large swarm of desert locusts (schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.

136. Fact

The largest telescope in the world is currently being constructed in northern chile. The telescope will utilize four - 26 ft. 8 in. (8.13 meters) mirrors which will gather as much light as a single 52 ft. 6 in. (16 meters) mirror.

137. Fact

The hubble space telescope weighs 12 tons (10,896 kilograms), is 43 feet (13.1 meters) long, and cost $2.1 billion to originally build.

138. Fact

The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.

139. Fact

The largest flying animal was the pterosaur which lived 70 million years ago. This reptile had a wing span of 36-39 feet (11-11.9 meters) and weighed 190-250 pounds (86-113.5 kilograms).

140. Fact

The atlantic giant squid's eye can be as large as 15.75 inches (40 centimeters) wide.

141. Fact

Armadillos, opossums, and sloth's spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.

142. Fact

The starfish species, porcellanaster ivanovi, has been found to live in water as deep as 24,881 feet (7,584 meters).

143. Fact

The tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 120 feet (36.6 meters) in length.

144. Fact

The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the bay of fundy. The difference between low tide and high tide can be as great as 54 ft. 6 in. (16.6 meters).

145. Fact

The highest temperature produced in a laboratory was 920,000,000 f (511,000,000 c) at the tokamak fusion test reactor in princeton, nj, usa.

146. Fact

The most powerful laser in the world, the nova laser at lawrence livermore national laboratory, ca, usa, generates a pulse of energy equal to 100,000,000,000,000 watts of power for .000000001 second to a target the size of a grain of sand.

147. Fact

The fastest computer in the world is the cray y-mp c90 supercomputer. It has two gigabytes of central memory and 16 parallel central processor units.

148. Fact

The heaviest human brain ever recorded weighed 5 lb. 1.1 oz. (2.3 kg.).

149. Fact

The deepest part of the ocean is 35,813 feet (10,916 meters) deep and occurs in the mariana trench in the pacific ocean. At that depth the pressure is 18,000 pounds (9172 kilograms) per square inch.

150. Fact

The largest cave in the world (the sarawak chamber in malaysia) is 2,300 feet (701 meters) long, 980 feet (299 meters) wide, and more than 230 feet (70 meters) high.

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