50 Amazing facts that will blow your mind

It is estimated that the speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792 km/s.Keep reading and know 50 Amazing facts that will  blow your mind 

1. About 78% of the gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are nitrogen, 21% are oxygen, and there are trace amounts of other gases.
2. Scientists Francis Crick and James Watson made the initial discovery of DNA, the building component of life, in 1953.
3. With more than 86 billion neurons, the human brain is the most complex structure that has ever been discovered by humans.
4. Sir Issac Newton gave the first explanation of gravity in the seventeenth century.
5. Mendeleev invented the periodic table in 1869, which arranges elements according to their atomic number and chemical characteristics.
6. Current scientific ideas estimate the age of the universe to be approximately 13.8 billion years.
7. The distance that light travels in a year, or approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers, is called a light-year.
8. Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be successfully cloned in 1996.
9. The sun and other stars are powered by nuclear fusion, which turns hydrogen into helium.
10. About 60% of the human body is constituted of water.
11. According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, minute, inherited changes naturally choose for one another to give rise to new species of creatures.
12. An atom is the smallest known unit of matter. It is made up of an electron-surrounded nucleus made up of protons and neutrons.
13. There are roughly 3 billion base pairs of DNA in the human genome.
14. According to the Big Bang theory, the universe began as a single point and has been expanding ever since.
15. Since sound propagates through a medium like air, water, or solid things, it cannot pass through a vacuum.
16. The movement of molten iron in the Earth’s outer core is what creates the magnetic field.
17. The link between space and time is explained by Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.
18. Every second, the human body creates over 25 million new cells.
19. The 18th-century physicist John Michell initially postulated the idea of black holes, which are regions of spacetime where gravity is so powerful that not even light can escape.
20. The cheetah, with a top speed of 70 miles per hour (113 kilometers per hour), is the fastest land animal.
21. Paleontology, the study of fossils, offers proof of extinct life forms and evolutionary processes.
22. The skin is the biggest organ in the human body.
23. The two main elements that make up the Earth’s core are nickel and iron.
24. Through the process of photosynthesis, which is carried out by plants, algae, and certain bacteria, sunlight is used to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.
25. The Nile River in Africa is the world’s longest river, measuring more than 6,650 kilometers.
26. Cell division, also known as mitosis, is the process by which organisms divide, grow, and repair damaged tissues.
27.  Earthquakes are measured for magnitude using the Richter scale.
28.  The movement of the Earth’s lithosphere, which includes the emergence of continents, earthquakes, and volcanic activity, is explained by the theory of plate tectonics
29. Christiaan Barnard, a surgeon from South Africa, carried out the first human heart transplant successfully in 1967.
30. The majority of the sun’s UV radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer in the Earth’s stratosphere, shielding life as we know it from harm.
31. The world’s largest coral reef system is called the Great Barrier Reef, and it is situated off the coast of Australia.
32. The International Space Station (ISS) travels at an average altitude of around 420 kilometers around the planet.
33. French astronomer Jules Janssen made the initial discovery of the chemical element helium in 1868 while witnessing a solar eclipse.
34. Approximately 10 million distinct hues may be distinguished by the human eye.
35. The liver is the biggest organ in the human body.
36. The semi-fluid asthenosphere underlying the various major and tiny tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust is what keeps them afloat.
37. The behavior of matter and energy at the tiniest sizes, including atoms and subatomic particles, is described by the idea of quantum mechanics.
38. Developed by Edward Jenner in 1796, the first effective vaccine offered smallpox protection.
39. Since its 1990 orbital launch, the Hubble Space Telescope has yielded a wealth of information about the cosmos, including its age and rate of expansion.
40. Atomic nuclei are divided during the nuclear fission process, which is utilized in nuclear power plants, to liberate energy.
41. There are 206 bones in the human skeleton.
42. Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy, which has a diameter estimated at 100,000 light-years.
43. The link between electric and magnetic fields is explained by James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism, which dates back to the 19th century.
44. Throughout the day, the human heart beats roughly 100,000 times, circulating 7,570 liters of blood throughout the body.
45. All living things have a common ancestor and inherit qualities through genes, according to genetics research.
46. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, situated 2.537 million light-years from Earth.
47. Cells use cellular respiration to transform glucose and oxygen into water, carbon dioxide, and energy.
48. All living things have a common ancestor and inherit qualities through genes, according to genetics research.