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He’s more than just a “Queen” lyric – he was also an astronomer who argued that the Earth revolved around the sun.
Galileo
What is the human body’s largest internal organ? By weight.
Liver
We share about 50% of our genes with which fruit?
Banana
What is the hardest substance on earth?
Diamond
This famous English mathematician is often credited as the inventor of calculus also had a deep interest in alchemy, spending many years of his life conducting secret experiments in the hope of discovering the fabled Philosopher’s Stone.
Isaac Newton
How many planets are there in our solar system?
8 (There used to be nine, but we kicked out Pluto).
Only about half the population contains these, the largest cell in the human body – its visible in the naked eye!
Ovum
What is the loudest animal on earth?
Sperm Whale – which has been measured at over 230 decibels!
We see the sky as blue, but it’s actually…
Purple (bluish violet)
This famous French physicist and mathematician is best known for formulating Pascal’s Triangle.
Blaise Pascal
If you look up at the night sky and find 3 stars together in a straight line, you are looking at part of which constellation?
Orion, or Orian’s Belt
OMG, embarrassing: Humans are the only species known to do THIS.
Blush!
A vestigial organ is part of the body the no longer serves any purpose, as we’ve evolved beyond the need for it. Name one human vestigial organ.
Wisdom teeth, appendix, tonsils, sinuses, coccyx (tail!)
What is the deepest place on earth?
The Mariana Trench
Also known as Leonardo of Pisa, this famous Italian mathematician is best known for discovering a sequence where each number is the sum of the two previous numbers.
Fibonacci
What is the name of the famous comet that passes by the earth every 76 years?
Halley’s Comet
Which part of the human body has the most bones?
The hands (27 bones each!)
Mammals don’t lay eggs – except for these two species! Name one of them
The platypus and the echidna
The largest earthquake ever measured was a 9.5, which happened in 1960 in THIS country.
Chile
This famous British computer scientist and mathematician is known for leading the team of cryptographers who broke the German Enigma Code during World War II.
Alan Turing