The small pocket in jeans was actually designed to hold pocket watches back in the day. Originally, jeans had just four pockets: that tiny one, two in the front, and one in the back. πΌ factfactsfun facthistory
Did you know that around 96% of the universe is made up of mysterious dark matter and dark energy? π±π These substances are totally undetectable to us because their particles donβt interact with regular matter or light! π³π Scientists are still trying to understand this cosmic enigma! factsfun factscience
Imagine rain made of diamonds! π§οΈπ On planets like Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn, the pressure is so intense that carbon atoms can turn into diamonds! πͺπ¬ Scientists even recreated these conditions in the lab to confirm it happens on Neptune and Uranus. π Some researchers even think Saturn gets 2.2 million pounds of diamonds falling every year! ππ factsfun factscience
Surprise! Around 50% of your body is actually made up of bacteria π§¬π¦ ! Experts estimate that there are about 39 trillion bacteria and 30 trillion human cells in your body, which gives a ratio of 1:1.3 π. For years, scientists thought we were more bacteria than human, with a 10:1 ratio, but new research shows itβs actually closer to equal π§βπ¬. factsfun factscience
π΄ Did you know? The Philippines is an archipelago, made up of 7,641 islands ποΈ
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And that number doesnβt even include the thousands of sandbars and other landforms that appear during low tide! πποΈ
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In 1881, while Queen Victoria was touring the Isle of Wight, her horse-drawn carriage couldnβt keep up with a woman riding a tricycle! πΆββοΈπ¨ Curious about the new ride, she ordered two and requested that the inventor, James Starley, personally deliver them! π οΈπ At the time, tricycles were seen as something for kids, but Queen Victoria made them a symbol of style for the elite! factsfun facthistorytechnologyscience
π¬ Did you know? Before Marla Gibbs became iconic as the character on the stoop of 227 π , she played Florence, the housekeeper on The Jeffersons (a spin-off of All in the Family) πΊ. In a 2015 interview π£οΈ with the Washington Post π°, Gibbs revealed that even though it seemed like she had made it big, she kept her job as a flight attendant βοΈ for American Airlines for two more yearsβjust to be safe! πΌπͺ factfactsfun fact
On April 1, 1976, tech legends Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne signed the papers to create Apple Computer Company π₯οΈβοΈ. But it wasnβt until January 3, 1977 that the company was officially incorporated β . Thirty years later, it became Apple Inc. and this success story is no joke! π€£ By 2018, Apple made history as the first trillion-dollar company in the U.S. π°π Computers have definitely come a long way since then! factsfun facttechnology
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