Weird science facts

1. People from England in the past used to believe that collecting fern seeds would make you invisible. It turns out they don’t have seeds.

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1. There is a hypothetical particle called a strangelet that we might find in the cores of neutron stars. If one were to strike earth (or any object in the universe), it could turn that matter into further strangelets creating a chain reaction that would result in the Earth being turned into one big strangelet.

01. Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon. #dinosaur #volcano #science #knowledge #education #wtf #shocking #history #moon

01. The London Underground has its own subspecies of mosquito, which is more aggressive towards humans than its surface-dwelling relative. #london #underground #subspecies #animal #science #knowledge #education #bizarre #strange

01. Submarine sonar has no “ping” as shown in movies and games. It is actually extremely loud and can kill people and sea life. #science #knowledge #education #technology #girl #rescue #brave #badass #kid

01. The kangaroos can’t walk backward.

1. In the 60's US Army did an experiment, where two people Dave Dobson and Bob Selden without nuclear training had to design a nuke with only access to publicly available documents. They succeeded.

1. A man with a chronic ear infection cured himself with his own earwax. He was given a number of drugs by doctors, but nothing worked. In desperation, he took earwax from his good ear and placed it in his bad. Two days later he was fine.