What is the most astounding fact you've ever heard?

www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/earths-most-isolated-tree-only-one-around-250-miles-was-struck-and-killed-drunk-driver.html

I find the irony astounding. I still shake my head at this story.

Probably not THE most astounding, but this is an amazing coincidence. Seth Mcfarlane (The creator of Family Guy and Ted,) was supposed to be on one of the hijacked planes on September 11th.

September 11, 2001 experience
On the morning of September 11, 2001, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston. Suffering from a hangover after the previous night's celebrations that followed his speech at his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design,[176] and with an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.) from his travel agent,[177][178] he arrived at Logan International Airport about ten minutes too late to board the flight as the gates had been closed.[177][178] Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked,[179] and at 8:46 a.m. it was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing everyone on board.[180] MacFarlane said,

The only reason it hasn't really affected me as it maybe could have is I didn't really know that I was in any danger until after it was over, so I never had that panic moment. After the fact, it was sobering, but people have a lot of close calls; you're crossing the street and you almost get hit by a car..... this one just happened to be related to something massive. I really can't let it affect me because I'm a comedy writer. I have to put that in the back of my head.[181]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane

There are infinite numbers between each number.

*It makes me feel like such a puny puny ball of cells in this universe.

There is a phenomenon called the kickback effect where if you try to argue with someone using facts and data, it can cause the other person to clamp down harder on thinking their beliefs are more correct.

A US FDA study showed that 90% of more than 100 drugs, prescription and over the counter were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date. The US military saved over $260 million in five years not having to discard expired drugs.

(This may end up becoming a very spammed thread for me)

The rate of decay of an atom is not constant. It's potentially affected by solar neutrinos.

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physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/sep/09/physicists-claim-further-evidence-of-link-between-cosmic-rays-and-cloud-formation

www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/pdf/2015/02/epn2015462p26.pdf

Astronauts that are in a space station and whatnot have to urinate every 1-2 hours because since there's no gravity in space, they can't tell when they need empty their bladder. If they don't then their urethra will close shut.

"Minor" and "Disagreement" should probably not be used in the same sentence as "Nazi Germany."

The moon being still visible during the day. Well i didnt hear that, i just see it on a regular basis 

Somewhere in the South they failed to execute someone like 5 times, that is to say, the lethal injection failed like 6 times, so he would be in immense pain and then they'd take him and bring back later for the same thing.