Physics Facts You Weren’t Taught In School

On a starry night, the universe appears as a giant black sheet peppered with tiny white spots. But in reality, it is an ever-expanding force of nature that has nestled infinite mysteries in its womb for aeons.

Physics is a tool of studying this giant mysterious black fabric, and everything in and around it. While there are uncountable mysteries yet to be unfolded, there are a few for which we have some explanation.

Here are 30 such physics facts that would make you go numb. After reading these facts, you’d start taking things with a fresh perspective, even something as trivial as dropping an object from a height.