NASA wants to analyze at least one of the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, for various gasses by the year 2023 by utilizing fly-bys, orbiting satellites, and probes that will dive into the atmosphere.
Due to the effects that gravity has on time, the core of the Earth is roughly 2.5 days younger than the crust.
Humans have roughly 5,000 tastebuds on their tongues by adulthood compared to the 10,000 tastebuds on the tongues of newborn.
Oysters create pearls when sand or another irritant finds its way between their soft body - known as the mantle - and their shell. A material known as nacre sticks to the irritant and builds up the pearl.
Residents cannot be buried within the Svalbard islands of Norway because the permafrost prevents decomposition which can preserve illnesses. Instead, those close to death are flown to the Norway mainland for proper burial. However, urns containing cremated ashes may be buried on the islands.