Category: Did You Know?

Creosote bushes can have roots over 1000 feet long?

the average temperature of Phoenix has gone up over 7 degrees Celsius from its expansion?

capillaries are named because of their resemblance to hair?

capillary action is a result of hydrogen bonding between molecules on the surface of a liquid and the molecules of the towel or container?

the McGurk effect is the misperception of sounds because of the appearance of someone’s mouth? You think they are saying g when they are actually saying b.

Thunderclouds can be several times larger than mountains?

we require vibrations in the water in our ears in order to hear anything?

the base-sixty system is based off of the twelve parts of the fingers on one hand and the five fingers on the other?