In school, we’ve learned some awesome science such as Einstein’s theory of relativity, Newton’s law of gravity, the periodic table and DNA replication, etc.

Interesting Science Facts That You Probably Didn’t Notice Till Today

1. The Majority of Earth’s Oxygen Is Produced by Oceans

Various scientists estimate that 50%-80% of the earth’s oxygen is produced by the oceans. The majority of this production is from plant-based marine organisms. Oceanic plankton, algae, seaweed, and some bacteria can photosynthesize & produce more than half of the world’s oxygen.

2. All of the planets in the solar system can fit inside Jupiter due to its size.

3.The rainwater that falls from the sky contains vitamin B12, which is good for our bodies.

4.The Sun and the Moon are roughly the same age as the Earth, which is estimated to be 4 to 5 billion years old.

5.Do you realise that it takes sunlight 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the earth.

6.Do you realise that it takes sunlight 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the earth.

7.You might be shocked to learn that the nails on your feet grow at a slower rate than the fingernails on your hands.

8.If you sleep and dream during the day, your brain develops in this manner.

9.When our eyes send visual signals to the brain, it has enough capacity to process images in 576 megapixels. However, we only see at about 150dpi, since that is more than enough visual stimuli for us to see objects.

10.One letter doesn’t exist in the periodic table: If you have studied science in KS3 it is highly likely you will have come across the periodic table. It contains a large number of letters (or multiple letters) associated with elements, but one letter in the alphabet doesn’t feature: the letter ‘J’.

Interesting Technology Facts

1. The word technology was coined in 330 BC by the one and only Aristotle

2.Xerox is not a verb for photocopying but is a name of a company that creates and sells xerographic technology

3. Google's First Tweet was in binary.

Google’s first tweet was in 2009, and it was gibberish to most. Translated from binary to English, it reads, “I’m feeling lucky”.

I'm 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010

4.Did you know that you could earn money for finding bugs with Facebook? Do you know the actual meaning of “Android”?

5.There are 3.8 billion internet users every day

6.The technology industry will generate the world economy more than $5.3 trillion in 2022.

7.52% of people in the US say that technology brings something positive to their lives.

8.Japan has the fastest Internet speed of 319 terabits per second.

9.Facebook was originally a directory of freshmen with their names and picture.

10.The first alarm clock only rings at 4 a.m.