A typical hummingbird can flap its wings up to 80 times per second.
Oganesson is a transactinide chemical element, first synthesized in 2002 by a joint team of Russian and American scientists. Formerly called ununoctium, it has an atomic number of 118. It was formerly thought to be a gas under normal conditions but is now predicted to be a solid due to relativistic effects.
Magnetars (a type of neutron star) are the bizarre super-dense remnants of supernova explosions. They are the strongest magnets known in the universe -- hundreds of millions of times more powerful than the magnetic field surrounding Earth.
The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. It starts at the Earth's surface and extends 8 to 14.5 kilometers high (5 to 9 miles). Most types of clouds are found in the troposphere, and almost all weather occurs within this layer.
The average cumulus cloud contains about 500,000,000 grams of water which equals approximately 1.1 million pounds. That nice, white fluffy cloud floating over your head weighs as much as 100 elephants!
Scientists have recently discovered that gonorrhea bacterium is, pound for pound, the strongest living creature on Earth, capable of pulling up to 100,000 times its own body weight!
At over 2000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.
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