Physics Facts & Trivia

• If an atom were the size of a stadium, its electrons would be as small as bees.

• Light does not age.

• Atom is over 99.9% empty space.

• The effect of Relativity made Astronaut Sergei Avdeyev a fraction of a second younger upon his return to Earth after 747 days in space.

• Lake Baikal in Russia contains more water than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

• The world's densest wood, the Black Ironwood (Olea laurifolia), does not float on water and therefore sinks.

•  The lightning bolt is 3 times hotter than the sun.

• The deepest location on Earth is Mariana Trench, about 11km deep in the North Pacific ocean.

• The bark of the redwood tree is fireproof.

•  If Mount Everest were placed at the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean, its peak would still be a mile underwater.