Amazing Facts

I found something interesting while surfing tonight at MSNBC 101 amazing facts about the earth. It was fascinating to learn that thunder is caused because "The air around a lightning bolt is superheated to about five times the temperature of the sun. This sudden heating causes the air to expand faster than the speed of sound, which compresses the air and forms a shock wave; we hear it as thunder." FIVE TIMES the temperature of the sun! WOW! THAT'S HOT!



I also learned that I want to move to Mars. I would weigh 38% less...just like that!



The state of Louisiana is losing 30 square miles of land a year due to erosion. Might have to start referring to it as "Losing-ana"!!



There's some pretty neat stuff in the list, check it out if you enjoy that trivia stuff.