Scientific Facts That Seem Incredible But Are Actually Real
Jan 29, 2016 7:27:36 GMT -6
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The Earth has an “electromagnetic heartbeat”
"The Schumann Resonances are global electromagnetic resonances, believed to be generated by lightning discharges between the Earth’s surface and the ionosphere. That’s right, our planet has a heartbeat – it’s just an electromagnetic heartbeat, that peaks at 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8 Hz.
The phenomenon was predicted mathematically by physicist Winfried Otto Schumann in 1952 and since confirmed by observations. Recently, C/NOFS, a satellite of the US Air Force carrying NASA’s Vector Electric Field Equipment has detected these waves at ranges of 400-800 km in space."
The world’s largest waterfall is actually underwater
Coconut cultivation is so old that we don’t know where on Earth they originated
"Large pterosaurs could have flown for 10,000 miles"
Nyctosaurus and Quetzalcoatlus scale. Image via Wiki Commons.
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The Earth has an “electromagnetic heartbeat”
"The Schumann Resonances are global electromagnetic resonances, believed to be generated by lightning discharges between the Earth’s surface and the ionosphere. That’s right, our planet has a heartbeat – it’s just an electromagnetic heartbeat, that peaks at 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8 Hz.
The phenomenon was predicted mathematically by physicist Winfried Otto Schumann in 1952 and since confirmed by observations. Recently, C/NOFS, a satellite of the US Air Force carrying NASA’s Vector Electric Field Equipment has detected these waves at ranges of 400-800 km in space."
The world’s largest waterfall is actually underwater
If you asked most people what the tallest waterfall in the world is, you’d get a lot of “Angel falls” answers (hopefully), and that is true, on land. But surprisingly, the Denmark Strait cataract, also called the North Atlantic Circulation Pump or the Greenland Pump, an underwater waterfall, is the world’s highest underwater waterfall, with water falling almost 3,505 metres (11,500 feet). The underwater waterfall forms due to temperature differential between the water masses either side of the Denmark Strait, the eastern side being much colder than the western. It’s not just waterfalls – there are underwater rivers and even lakes!
Coconut cultivation is so old that we don’t know where on Earth they originated
"As a portable source of food, water, fuel, and construction materials, the coconut played a vital role in human migrations and the development of civilization across the humid tropics. However, we’ve been growing them for so long that a thorough study in 2011 failed to identify the genetic origins of the coconuts."
"Large pterosaurs could have flown for 10,000 miles"
Nyctosaurus and Quetzalcoatlus scale. Image via Wiki Commons.
Quetzalcoatlus northropi, a giant pterosaur that lived in what is now Texas 70 million years ago is thought to be the largest flying creature that ever lived, weighing more than 400 pounds (200 kilograms). As if that wasn’t impressive enough, researchers now believe that Quetzalcoatlus flew for 10,000 miles in one go.
“The lowest range estimates were about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers), while the highest were around 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers),” said Michael Habib, a paleontologist at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. “In the middle range, where all the numbers lined up and I had high confidence, you get about 10,000 miles.”
“The lowest range estimates were about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers), while the highest were around 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers),” said Michael Habib, a paleontologist at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. “In the middle range, where all the numbers lined up and I had high confidence, you get about 10,000 miles.”
Some of my favorites from the article. There are more I found these quite interesting, with my love for the tid bits of the unknown.