Category Archives: Weirdscifacts

Another week of Twitter #weirdscifacts!  It’s kind of hard to believe that I’ve been doing this for over 600 days straight. 620. Nov 23: Can’t beat this today: ‘Brinicle‘ ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic!  Supercold brine descends, ever … Continue reading →

Another week of Twitter #weirdscifacts!!! 613. Nov 16: In 1898, August Bier tested effectiveness of spinal anesthesia on assistant by beating crap out of him.  I quote: “Bier stabbed, hammered and burned his assistant, pulled out his pubic hairs and … Continue reading →

Another week’s Twitter #weirdscifacts are ready!!!  I’ve included a “bonus” fact this week, since it was too weird to not tweet right away… 606. Nov 09: A foot-long cockroach-like creature with 50 legs ruled the sea floor 500 million years … Continue reading →

Here we are again, with more Twitter #weirdscifacts! 599. Nov 02: Digits of Pi have inspired a musical sequence and a whole symphony!  This comes via a tweet by @para_sight; also, @physicsman points out, “Given that Pi is non-repeating the binary … Continue reading →

This is a special edition of Twitter #weirdscifacts: it is also my 1000th blog post at Skulls in the Stars! (image source) Not sure exactly what I should do to celebrate: post your suggestions in the comments! In the meantime, … Continue reading →

It’s that time of week again for Twitter #weirdscifacts! 585. Oct 19: Thanks to Georg Cantor, we know that some infinities are bigger than others!  The concept of “infinity” is a tricky business and very non-intuitive, in large part simply … Continue reading →

Time for Twitter #weirdscifacts!  I found a few minutes at the Frontiers in Optics meeting to get the post up. 578. Oct 12: Via @DiscoverMag, Fish have been jumping on land for 150 million yrs & hiding it from the … Continue reading →

Right on schedule, here is the latest week’s crop of Twitter #weirdscifacts! 571. Oct 05: The most used & successful medicine of BAYERCorp. is not Aspirin – it’s Heroin. (h/t @rmathematicus) 572. Oct 06: The peacock spider — the male … Continue reading →

Somewhere along the way, I failed to notice that I passed the 1 1/2 year mark of #weirdscifacts on Twitter! Enjoy them while you can — I’ll be definitely stopping at 2 years! 564. Sep 28: The psychedelic frogfish moves … Continue reading →

This week’s Twitter #weirdscifacts are here! 557. Sep 21: At 22 km tall, the Martian volcano Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in the solar system. (Everest is 9 km.) Technically, it is the “tallest known”, but it is hard … Continue reading →