This video presents 50 intriguing physics facts, including unique details like the smell of space, the Eiffel Tower's height variation due to thermal expansion, the potential impact of Betelgeuse going supernova, and more. It also touches on scientific figures like Tesla and Heisenberg. The video covers diverse topics such as superfluid helium, the event horizon of black holes, and the peculiarities of light. Additionally, it offers fun facts like the impossibility of burping in space, the lawsuit over Mars ownership, and the roundest object on Earth. Finally, it explores various aspects of physics, from the behavior of electrons to the nature of sound in space.
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1. There are 50 amazing physics facts.
2. Space has a distinct smell described as a mix of barbecued meat, hot metal, and fuel.
3. The super soaker was invented by a NASA scientist.
4. The Eiffel Tower is 15 centimeters taller in summer than winter due to thermal expansion.
5. Betelgeuse, a red supergiant, could explode into a supernova, lighting our skies for two months.
6. Scientists from Mexico successfully made diamonds from tequila.
7. If you removed all the empty space from human atoms, the remaining mass could fit inside a sugar cube.
8. Looking at stars is looking into the past due to the time it takes for their light to reach us.
9. Nikola Tesla was obsessed with creating a death ray.
10. Tesla disliked shaking hands, had OCD, and fell in love with a pigeon.
11. Slender was discovered when a scientist misheard "test this chemical" as "taste this chemical."
12. Humans can only physically see two dimensions: left and right, and up and down.
13. Burping in space is impossible due to the absence of gravity.
14. Three men from Yemen sued NASA for trespassing on Mars, claiming inheritance.
15. The world's roundest object is a silicon sphere crafted in Australia.
16. Sound waves at ultrasonic frequencies can levitate objects in acoustic levitation.
17. Isaac Newton once shoved a needle into his eye out of curiosity.
18. Saturn would float in water if placed in it.
19. Shuffling a pack of cards properly results in a unique order.
20. Apollo astronauts couldn't get life insurance and instead signed autographs.
21. The sky appears blue due to the scattering of blue light by air molecules.
22. A physicist named Jack Hetherington made his cat a co-author of a paper.
23. Helium becomes a superfluid at almost absolute zero.
24. All black holes have an event horizon, a point of no return.
25. Lightning can reach temperatures five times that of the Sun's surface.
26. Homing pigeons can't navigate on Mercury due to the lack of magnetic fields and atmosphere.
27. Sunlight reflects off water at the same angle it shines onto it.
28. Mars has two moons named Phobos and Deimos.
29. The highest temperature ever reached on Earth was at the quark-gluon plasma.
30. Tears stick to your face in space.
31. Quantum computers use quantum bits (qubits) for fast calculations.
32. William Herschel initially named Uranus "George" after King George III.
33. The heat in the Earth's atmosphere equals that in the top ten feet of the ocean.
34. Werner Heisenberg nearly failed his doctoral exams due to lack of knowledge about batteries.
35. A giant gas cloud in Aquila contains enough alcohol to make trillions of pints of beer.
36. Tesla is featured on Serbia's 100 Dinar banknote.
37. The Big Bang Theory was invented by a Catholic priest.
38. Neil Armstrong's famous moon landing quote had a minor error.
39. A bolt of lightning has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
40. The electrical force is much stronger than gravity.
41. The repelling force between two people with extra electrons could lift the Earth.
42. Thomas Young's experiment proved that light was a wave.
43. Einstein's experiment showed that light exhibited wave-particle duality.
44. There is a planet where it rains glass sideways.
45. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle states you can't know both position and momentum precisely.
46. Einstein's theory of relativity means your head ages slightly faster than your feet.
47. It takes a photon about 170,000 years to travel from the Sun's core to your eyes.
48. Hardness and toughness are different material properties.
49. The Sun makes up over 99% of the mass of the solar system.
50. There is a particle called a positron with the same mass and charge as an electron.