Scientific Did you Know – 10
Did you know… …horses cannot breathe through their mouths? In horses, the soft palate covers the opening of the larynx, except when swallowing. This prevents them from inhaling food but also prevents […]
Scientific Did you Know – 9
Did you know… … the auditory ossicles are the smallest bones in the human body? The three ossicles are located in the middle ear. They form the connection between the […]
Scientific Did You Know – 8
Did you know… … only female mosquitos bite? Mosquitos have mouthparts that allow them to feed on fluids. However, it is only the females that suck human blood during their fertile periods. […]
Scientific Did You Know – 7
Did you know… … a boar can produce up to 0,5 liter of sperm when it ejaculates? On average, a boar produces 16 billion sperm cells a day, or 180 […]
Scientific Did you Know – 6
Did you know… … sea turtles have an internal navigational system that uses the earth’s magnetic field as a guide? Female sea turtles travel hundreds of miles to mate and lay eggs […]
Scientific Did You Know – 5
Did you know… … woman actually become smarter during pregnancy? Popular theories that say ‘baby brain’ or ‘pregnancy brain’ makes women more forgetful and less focused might just be wrong. In […]
Scientific Did You Know – 4
Did you know… … giraffes have the same amount of cervical vertebrae as humans, more specifically 7? A giraffe obviously has a much larger neck but the vertebrae are also a lot bigger respectively! […]
Scientific Did You Know – 3
Did you know … every square centimeter of the earth is hit by approximately 65 billion solar neutrino’s (= elektron neutrino’s) every second? Many of these neutrino’s even pass humans and animals, undetected! How is this […]
Scientific Did You Know – 2
Did you know… that every cell in the human body contains approximately 2 meters of DNA? If you were to line up all the DNA strands from one cellular nucleus, it would add up to […]
Scientific Did You Know – 1
My love for science isn’t a big secret. Neither is the fact that I’m a high school science teacher. The two things go hand in hand I think 😉 So I’ve been doubting to add a sort […]