Amazing Facts about Jellyfish

Amazing Facts about Jellyfish

1. Jellyfish first appeared about 650 million years ago and are found in every ocean, from the surface to the deep sea. Some are also found in fresh water

2. A group of jellyfish is called a bloom or swarm

3. Jellyfish do not have a respiratory system since their skin is thin enough that the body is oxygenated by diffusion

4. Jellyfish do not have a brain or central nervous system, but rather have a loose network of nerves, located in the epidermis, which is called a “nerve net.”

5. Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water. Most of their umbrella mass is a gelatinous material (the jelly) called mesoglea, which is surrounded by two layers of cells which forms the umbrella (top surface). The subumbrella (bottom surface) of the body is known as the bell

6. Jellyfish are dioecious; that is, they are either male or female. In most cases, to reproduce, both males and females release sperm and eggs into the surrounding water, where the (unprotected) eggs are fertilized and mature into new organisms

7. Box jellyfish venom is the most deadly in the animal kingdon and has caused at least 5,568 recorded deaths since 1954. Each tentacle has about 500,000 sindasites which are harpoon shaped needles that inject venom into the victim

8. The lion’s mane jellyfish is the largest known species of jellyfish. The Arctic Lion’s mane jellyfish is one of the longest known animals and the largest recorded specimen had a bell (body) with a diameter of 2.3 m (7 feet 6 inches) and the tentacles reached 36.5 m (120 feet). It was found washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870

World's Longest Car - The Limousine

World's Longest Car - The Limousine

According to Guinness World Records, the longest car ever made is a 30.5-m long (100-ft), 26-wheeled limousine, brainstormed by Jay Ohrberg of Burbank, California, USA.
This limousine rides on 26 tires spaced along the length of its body. It possesses 2 drivers’ cabins in the front and in the back as it’s actually difficult to drive such a car. In order the limousine could turn and make turns around corners, its middle part is hinged to fold.

           The longest car in the world is better fashioned than several Hollywood mansions, along with luxuries like a large Jacuzzi tub, a sun deck, a helipad, a swimming pool (with a diving board of course), a king sized bed and a satellite dish, just to name a few.

Pineberry - A new strawberry

Pineberry - A new strawberry

Amazing Facts About Pineberries

 1.The word “pineberry” is a combination of the words “pineapple” and “strawberry”.

2.Pineberries are actually the oldest strawberry form and were brought from Chile to France in the 1700’s. Initially strawberries were white in south America and Red in north America.

3.The fruit produced by pineberry plants is very fragrant and has flavor that most say is reminiscent of pineapple while keeping the texture and feel of a strawberry. 

4.Pineberries are much smaller in size than the usual strawberries we look around us.

5.They are produced on a very small scale in Europe and Belize and are not very beneficial due to the small size of the pineberries.

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Dolphins Can stay vigilant for Up to 15 Days at a Time

Dolphins Can stay vigilant for Up to 15 Days at a Time

Dolphins can stay alert and energetic for 15 days or more by sleeping with one half of their brain at a time according to new research published on Oct. 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.

 It indicates they can continue to exhale at the surface of water, and preserve vigilance in case predators approach.

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World's top eight unusual plants

 World's top eight unusual plants

Drakaea glyptodon

 

 

  

 Drakaea is an orchid that is native to Australia. Orchids in this species are generally called "Hammer Orchids". A very interesting little orchid that believes on small native wasps to fertilize the flowers. The flowers give off a pheromone like scent that mimics a female wasp in order to attract the male.

 

Amorphophallus

 

  The famed  flower plant  known for its gigantic size, rotten-meat fragrance and phallic shape. Amorphophallus titanum also known as the "corpse plant," "corpse flower" and "titan arum" which grows to 20 feet high.

 

 Hydnora africana

 

 Hyndora africana is one of the most bizarre-looking plants on the African continent and absolutely not the most common of plants to be encountered in the veld on any casual hike. 

 

 Rafflesia arnoldii

 The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This unusual flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It bonds itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia eliminates a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.  

 

 Dracunculus vulgaris

 A dashing, good looking plant but don't stand too close when the flower is set for pollination.

 

 Wolffia angusta

 Wolffia angusta, the tiny green specks growing between Spirodela polyrhiza and Azolla filiculoides.Wolffia angusta is one of the smallest flowering plants in the world. 

 

 Wollemia nobilis

 

 This bizarre-looking tree was recognized only from 120 million-year-old fossil leaves before 1994; fewer than one hundred exist in the wild. They have unusual bark that looks like bubbles of chocolate, multiple trunks, and ferny-looking leaves growing in curves. They can grow up to 125 feet high.

  

 Welwitschia mirabilis

 

This sensuous plant can live up to 1,500 years and is only situated in a strip of land in the Namibia Desert comprising part of Namibia and Angola. It can survive on moisture from fog and dew.It consists of 2 leaves that grow continuously, a stem base and roots. It is thought to be a relic from the Jurassic Period.

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Amazing facts about seahorse

Amazing facts about seahorse

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Seahorses are factually extraordinary because of their exceptional equine look. Differing most other fish, they are monogamous and copulate for life. Rarer calm, they are  the only animal species on Earth in which the male endures the unborn young. located in shallow tropical and temperate waters all along the universe, these upright-swimming ancestors of the pipe fish can measure in size from 0.6 inches (1.5 centimeters) to 14 inches (35 centimeters) long.

Incredible colorful Striped Icebergs

Incredible colorful Striped Icebergs

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Icebergs themselves are amazing natural creations.Icebergs are formed when large blocks of ice breaks off from glaciers ice shelf and is floating in open water. Because glaciers are built up from snow falling on the Antarctic continent over millennia, this ice consists of pure fresh water. This floating chunk of freshwater ice then interacts with seawater beneath them it.

Amazing facts about space

Amazing facts about space

 

1.The Sun is over 300000 times larger than earth.
2.The Sun loses up to a billion kilograms a second due to solar winds.
3.If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.4.Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with a surface temperature of over 450 degrees Celsius.
5.Earth has at least 4 moons.
6.The Solar System formed around 4.6 billion years ago.
7.Uranus was originally called George’s Star.
8.The Big Dipper is not a constellation, it is an asterism.
9.The only planet that rotates on its side like a barrel is Uranus. The only planet that spins backwards relative to the others is Venus.
10.It is because of the Sun & Moons gravity that we have high & low tides.
11.The first man made object sent into space was in 1957 when the Russian satellite named Sputnik was launched.
12.Because of lower gravity, a person who weighs 100kg on earth would only weigh 38kg on the surface of Mars.
13.The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
14.The moon is drifting away from Earth.
15.If you put Saturn in water it would float.

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Amazing Facts About Your Brain

Amazing Facts About Your Brain

1.The brain contains billions of nerve cells that send and receive information around the body.
2.The brain of an adult human weighs around 3 pounds (1.5 kg). Although it makes up just 2% of the body's weight, it uses around 20% of its energy.
3.The human brain is over three times as big as the brain of other mammals that are of similar body size.
4.The brain is approximately 75% water, but you should never drink it.
5.If you lose blood flow to your brain you will last about 10 second before you pass out.
6.The slowest speed information passes around your brain is approximately 260 mph.
7.The human brain is protected by the skull (cranium), a protective casing made up of 22 bones that are joined together.
8.The largest part of the human brain is called the cerebrum. Other important parts include corpus callosum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, cerebellum, hypothalamus, hippo-campus and brain stem.

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World's First Motorcycle (1885) - Daimler's riding car

World's First Motorcycle (1885) - Daimler's riding car

 

The First Motorcycle was designed and built by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart) in 1885.It looks like an instrument of torture.

It had a 264-cubic-centimetre (16.1 cu in) single-cylinder Otto cycle four-stroke engine mounted on rubber blocks, with two iron tread wooden wheels and a pair of spring-loaded outrigger wheels to help it remain upright. It was essentially a motorized bicycle, although the inventors called their invention the Reitwagen ("riding car"). It was also the first petroleum-powered vehicle.

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Pretending to eat food can reduce your cravings for it

Pretending to eat food can reduce your cravings for it!

This  is totally based on a  phenomenon called "habituation". This happens when food becomes less attractive the more you eat it. For example, how the first bite of something is always better than, say, the tenth. Researchers are finding out that this process happens in your mind. So is you trick your mind into thinking that you are already eating, you will feel less of a desire to eat!

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Masjid Alharam

Masjid Alharam, it is the only building in the world ,from where no bird passes over the building, No Airplane in the Aviation world history have did fly over this holy building .The direction of this holy building is naturally in such a way that even sun and moon can't stand on it.

Angel:Highest waterfall in the world

Angel (also known as Salto Angel) is the highest waterfall n the world. It is located in Venezuela and is 979 m (3212 ft.) high. It is also declared as UNESCO World heritage site.

Baikal lake in Siberia

Baikal lake in Siberia is World's deepest and clearest lake. It has average depth of 744.4 meters.It contains about world's 20% unfrozen surface fresh water.