What are some commonly known facts that are too bizarre for you to believe to be true? - eviltoast

For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some ‘organic element’ since I couldn’t accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

  • zirzedolta@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    I’ve seen this fact somewhere before, but I still am unable to grasp it in my mind

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      1 year ago

      Short: It completes a full 360° of the sun before the planet itself does a full 360° spin.

      A few sentences longer:
      In planet Earth human terms, we have defined one day as “how long it takes the planet to do a full 360 degree rotation”. Example: You spin a basketball on your finger and it does one full rotation.

      A year to us is “how long it takes the planet to go around the sun”. Example: You hold a basketball out in front of you and you do one full rotation.