If a human were to skydive from space, several extreme challenges would arise, but in theory, it is possible under the right conditions. The closest real-world example is Felix Baumgartner’s 2012 jump from the stratosphere (about 39 km up), but “space” typically starts at the Kármán line (100 km or more above Earth). Here’s what […]
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Nuclear Weapons: Which States Have Them?
As of 2025, eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons. Five of these are considered to be nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons, these are the United States, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), the […]
Mind-Blowing Facts About the Universe
List of chemical elements
Another of my personal interests is chemistry so I thought I’d start by listing all currently known elements in the universe, together with the year they were discovered and the individual who made the discovery. This is the complete list of all elements currently recognized on the periodic table. Hydrogen (H) – 1766 (Henry Cavendish)Helium […]