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Some Wild Science Facts You Probably Didn't Learn in High School

> ScienceAlert.com

We all have learned about some awesome science in high school - like Einstein's theory of relativity, the Periodic table, and DNA replication.

The knowledge we pick up there sets the foundations for all the other amazing things we go on to study. But science definitely doesn't end at high school, and it's once you take your learning to the next level that things get really interesting.

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[ :jack_o_lantern: ] Embryonic Development

is an incredibly complex process that scientists are still just beginning to understand. But one thing researchers have been able to map out is how the embryo folds to create the structures of the human face in the womb. We could watch this all day.

( AAAHHH! CREEPY-CRAP, JUST LOOK AT THIS 'THING'...MY IMAGINATION JUST TOOK OFF!! :open_mouth: )

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[ :jack_o_lantern: ] As the star gets sucked up into the black hole, a huge jet of plasma is burped out, spanning hundreds of light-years.

"When the star is ripped apart by the gravitational forces of the black hole, some part of the star's remains falls into the black hole, while the rest is ejected at high speeds," explains Johns Hopkins University researcher, Suvi Gezari.

(GULP - WHELP THIS IS A NIGHTMARE, REMIND ME TO NEVER GO NEAR A 'BLACK HOLE'!! :open_mouth: )

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[ :jack_o_lantern: ] Cats always land on their feet, thanks to physics :+1:

Cats actually use the two halves of their bodies separately to ensure rapid rotation (don't try this at home).

(SHEECH, I WILL NOT RUN AND HIDE FROM THIS CREATURE, EVEN IF IT IS HALLOWEEN! :wolf: :eyes: :wolf:

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[ :jack_o_lantern: ] A single solar flare can release the equivalent energy of millions of 100-megaton atomic bombs

(HM, SOOO GOING UNDERGROUND MAY NOT SAVE US, HUH?! :open_mouth: )

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[ :jack_o_lantern: ] You'd be better off surviving a grenade on land rather than underwater

That's what would happen to your lungs if an explosion went off near you underwater.

(YEP, DROWNING AND RUNNING OUT OF AIR CAN KILL YOU!! :open_mouth: )

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[ :jack_o_lantern: ] If you spin a ball as you drop it, it flies I mean, it really flies.

It's thanks to the Magnus effect, which occurs when the air on the front side of a spinning object is going the same direction as its spin, which means it gets dragged along with the object and deflected back. Meanwhile, the air on the other side of the ball is moving in the opposite direction, so the air flow separates.

(YEP, RIGHT BEFORE IT HITS ME IN THE HEAD...CONCUSSION ANYONE?! :rage: )

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This list could keep going... but the best part about science is that it discovers new things every day. Never stop learning.

Thanks for checking out this weirdly-creepy blog :wink: - 'til next time!

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