Fun Facts About Science

1.   Planet 55 Cancri e is made of diamond.

2.   Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.

3.   Gliese 436 b is a planet of burning ice.

4.   -40 Celsius and -40 Fahrenheit are the same temperature.

5.   Parapsychology is the study of paranormal and psychic phenomena, including telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, synchronicity, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims.

6.   Spinraza, a recently approved drug for spinal muscular atrophy, has a list price of $750,000.

7.   Olympic gold medals only contain 1.34% of gold.

8.   Peanuts aren’t technically nuts.

9.   Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the medical term for brain freeze.

10.   Tachyonic particle is a hypothetical particle that always travels faster than light.

11.   Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

12.   That distinctive crayon smell of Crayola crayons comes from beef fat.

13.   Dolly, the sheep, was the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.

14.   Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

15.   Sleeping through summer is called Aestivation.