The lifetime odds of dying from a fall are about 1 in 100.

There are more possible shuffles of a deck of cards than seconds since Earth formed.

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The Earth's atmosphere becomes colder in the stratosphere before warming again.

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The Earth's atmosphere scatters blue light, making the sky appear blue.

Fact #245 · Science

Time moves slower in stronger gravitational fields.

Fact #1755 · Science

Gravitational waves were detected a century after Einstein predicted them.

Fact #1607 · Science

Volcanic lava can reach extremely high temperatures.

Fact #824 · Science

The CERN Large Hadron Collider was built to explore particle physics.

Fact #1003 · Science

In 1954, a scientist allowed himself to be bitten by mosquitoes to study malaria transmission.

Fact #997 · Science