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  • Has the Bermuda Triangle mystery been solved?

  • The Bermuda Triangle is roughly a triangular region of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico.

  • Here, many ships, boats, planes, etc. have reportedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

  • According to a recent study, experts theorize that a natural phenomenon known as rogue waves.

  • Are the main reason for some of these mysterious disappearances.

  • Rough stormy seas of this region can create rogue waves which are about 100 feet high.

  • These high waves can easily damage ships and boats.

  • Another theory states that hexagonal clouds found in this area can act like air bombs.

  • Blasting winds at huge speeds.

  • These winds can destroy planes and create waves which can destroy ships.

  • Some people believe that a strange magnetic anomaly affects the compass readings.

  • Thus misguiding ships and planes.

  • Others even attribute the events to UFOs or aliens.

  • What makes tattoos permanent?

  • Glue sticks.

  • No.

  • Our skin has three layers, epidermis, dermis and hypo dermis.

  • Epidermis sheds thousands of skin cells every day.

  • Hence, when we get a tattoo.

  • The tattoo needles which are coated with colored pigment are inserted through the epidermis into the dermis.

  • Thus preventing the tattoo pigment from getting shed away.

  • However, it is mainly our body's immune response which makes tattoos permanent.

  • What?

  • But how?

  • The tattoo needles create wounds in the skin, activating the immune response.

  • Immune cells like macrophages.

  • Reach the wounded site and start to eat the small particles of colored pigment and clean the area.

  • Bigger pigment particles that cannot be eaten by macrophages are absorbed by fibroblasts present in the dermis.

  • These fibroblasts along with some macrophages remain at the site, making the tattoo permanent.

  • Why do heavier objects fall faster?

  • Whether an object is heavy or light, all objects accelerate at the same rate towards the earth.

  • i.e., at 9.8 meters per second squared.

  • This means all objects should fall at the same speed, right?

  • Absolutely.

  • However, this happens only when there is vacuum.

  • A scientist named Robert Boyle placed a coin and a feather in a big glass jar.

  • Removed all the air from it, thus creating a vacuum.

  • He then inverted the jar and observed that both the objects fell to the bottom at the same time.

  • But this doesn't happen on earth because here the speed of falling objects depends upon their surface area and air resistance.

  • The feather has more surface area as compared to the coin.

  • Hence, more air pushes against the feather due to which it experiences greater air resistance.

  • Thus, the feather falls slower as compared to the coin.

  • Topic: Human hair.

  • Why do we get goosebumps?

  • To burst balloons.

  • No.

  • Goosebumps served a purpose for our ancestors who had a lot of hair on their body.

  • When our ancestors felt cold, their adrenal glands produced adrenaline.

  • Adrenaline caused the arrector pili muscles which are attached to the hair follicles to contract.

  • Creating shallow depressions on he skin surface.

  • Making the hair stand straight up, thus causing goosebumps.

  • The straightened hair trapped more air which prevented their body heat from escaping and hence, kept them warm.

  • Also, when our ancestors felt afraid of any animal.

  • The adrenaline made their hair stand up, making them look bigger and thus, scared their attacker.

  • Yes.

  • It scares me too.

  • Now, as this characteristic of goosebumps is inherited by us.

  • We also get them during strong emotions or when it is cold.

  • Topic: Refraction of Light.

  • Why does a pencil look bent in water?

  • That was a very cool magic trick.

  • Now, check this out.

  • Hey.

  • Stop crying.

  • Your magic wand is not bent or broken.

  • Look.

  • It is safe.

  • But do you know why your magic wand appeared bent in water?

  • It is because of refraction of light.

  • Refraction of light is the change in direction of light when it passes from one medium to another obliquely.

  • So, what do you think are the two media here?

  • You don't know.

  • No worries.

  • I will tell you.

  • They are air and water.

  • When the light rays coming from the tip of the magic wand pass from water to air.

  • They change their direction, i.e., they get refracted.

  • When these refracted rays reach our eyes, our eyes trace them backward as straight lines.

  • Due to this, the rays appear to come from a point slightly above the original position.

  • Hence, the magic wand appears to be bent in water.

  • Similarly, like the magic wand, a pencil appears to be bent in water.

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