TINY
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One fact. One page. A concise answer, one extra fact, a verification source and a trail to related exhibits. Tiny Facts is a museum of small pieces of knowledge across nature, Earth, oceans, technology, measurement, media history and space.
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Biology, Earth, oceans, the web, measurement, media history and space live side by side as rooms in one curiosity-driven museum.
Living World
Biology that feels almost invented
6 verified factsCOLLECTION 03Earth
Motion, mountains and seismic scale
6 verified factsCOLLECTION 02Ocean
Depth, darkness and life without sunlight
6 verified factsCOLLECTION 05Web & Measurement
The standards and systems behind modern life
8 verified factsCOLLECTION 06Media History
How images, sound and print became reproducible
8 verified factsCOLLECTION 01Space
Worlds, orbits and planetary oddities
6 verified factsStart somewhere unexpected.
Hummingbirds can fly backward
Hummingbirds can sustain backward flight as well as forward flight, hovering and rapid directional changes.
Earth · TF-013The largest recorded earthquake was magnitude 9.5
The largest earthquake recorded instrumentally was the magnitude 9.5 Chile earthquake of May 22, 1960.
Ocean · TF-007The ocean is about 3.7 kilometers deep on average
The global ocean has an average depth of about 3,682 meters (12,080 feet).
Web & Measurement · TF-025The World Wide Web was invented at CERN in 1989
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN.
Media History · TF-033The first permanent photograph dates to 1826–27
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the first permanent photograph in 1826–27.
Space · TF-001A day on Venus is longer than a year
Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once, but only about 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.