- Most meteors burn up in the mesosphere... about 48 tons every day.
- Temps in the thermosphere can get up to 4500 F but molecules are very far apart, such that a person wouldn't feel the heat (from the "air").
- Sprites (atmosphere ... Pecos Hank type) can be 50 km long, while normal lightning is around 4 km in length.
- Bar-tailed Godwit is a bird.
- There is more than one type of Griffin vulture.
Via
https://neal.fun/space-elevator/
This is awesome too: https://neal.fun/size-of-life/
- Polio facts are scary... read up on:
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/history-disease-outbreaks-vaccine-timeline/polio
- 1948-1955 - Before a polio vaccine became available, several polio epidemics had occurred between 1948 and 1955. Many people avoided crowds and public gatherings, such as fairs, sports games and swimming pools, during this time due to concern about getting polio. Some parents wouldn't let their children play with new friends and regularly checked them for symptoms.
- Wow did this attitude affect how parents/grandparents of that time functioned and lived? Wild.
- Had no idea about Myxobolus Shekel, the smallest known animal, a parasite.
- We produce ~ 1 billion white blood cells a day
- Amoebas are weird
- Why are water bears so ultra tough?
- House mice can fit in a hole the size of a DIME?!
- While the largest insect fossil was like 1' 4'' long or something, the giant centi/millipede thing, Arthropleura was 8.5 or maybe 9 feet long. Nine Feet Long. OMG, I knew about this thing, but realizing it is so much bigger than the giant dragonfly-cousin is crazy. The Carboniferous period for the oxygen win I guess (for both of these monsters).
- Weird stalked eyes like a crustacean. https://www.sciencing.com/1761804/largest-prehistoric-arthropod-nightmare-fuel/
- Kinda a real life Carrion Crawler. Yikes.
- Speaking of the giant dragonfly cousin, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura, back then hardly anything was flying. This is before dinos, etc. so like... only insects flew maybe?
- A scientist lady on yt said they think insects became strong flyers b/c of birds eating them. So this original giant dragonflycousin was probably more clumsy.
- https://a-z-animals.com/animals/insects/the-10-largest-dragonflies-in-the-world/
- There is a jellyfish, Lion's Mane, that has a 7 foot diameter top bell thing. OMG. It's sort of taking up the space of a Mammoth, are you kidding me.
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