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Did you know?

Did you know?

  • The game of Tug-a-war was an Olympic sport from 1900 - 1920?
  • A piece of paper cannot be folded in half more than seven times?
  • Everyone has a unique tongue print?
  • The goldfish is the only creature that can see both infrared and ultraviolet light?
  • You can't tickle yourself?

You can feel heat energy with a rubber bandDid you know that you can feel heat energy with a rubber band?

Place your two thumbs inside a rubber band and stretch it out very quickly.

Now place it against your cheek. Feel the warmth?

The warmth you feel is the stored energy trying to escape as heat.

 

Objects fall at the same speed -

no matter how much they weigh because of Earth's gravity.

Drop a tennis and soccer ball at the same time, from the same height and they will fall at the same speed!

 

Light is moving all the time.  

It travels very fast. 

In fact, in the time it take to say "Super Socket", it could go eight times around the Earth.