50 Mind-Blowing Discoveries Uncovered in the Last Decade

When someone says: “10 years ago”, we think they talk about the 90s. Yet, in just a decade, we’ve had so many new discoveries and fun facts that brought us closer to understanding how the world works. For example, in 2010, a yellow-bellied lizard finally evolved to give birth. It’s a species of an Australian lizard that reproduces by laying eggs!
In 2011, the world population reached 7 billion. In 2012, Venus passed directly between the Sun and the Earth. This won’t happen again until 2117. NASA landed a rover on Mars called Curiosity. It was the 4th one sent by NASA and it cruised around to find out whether there had been life on Mars. In 2013... but enough spoilers. Let’s go back in time and check it out!
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TIMESTAMPS:
2010 0:23
2011 1:16
2012 1:56
2013 3:17
2014 4:14
2015 5:27
2016 6:17
2017 7:02
2018 7:37
2019 9:12
SUMMARY:
- The world’s tallest building opened in Dubai. It’s the Burj Khalifa and it stands at 2,723 feet.
- Experts found some sharks in the Gulf of Mexico that are as small as 5 & 1/2 inches. They look like mini sperm whales.
- The space shuttle Discovery, which had been active since 1984, took its 39th and final flight in 2011.
- A person put a grape cut in half in the microwave to discover that it caught fire. Scientists later used that experiment in their physics studies.
- NASA landed a rover on Mars called Curiosity. It was the 4th one sent by NASA and it cruised around to find out whether there had been life on Mars.
- A new research by the National Academy of Science found that aging apes experience the same midlife crisis we humans go through.
- Scientists discovered bacteria can use minerals in soil to conduct electricity despite their tiny size. Really shocking news.
- The California Institute of Technology reported that there are at least 100 billion planets in our galaxy alone.
- Scientists discovered that cheetahs don’t overheat when they run at 70 mph despite being the fastest land animals.
- A full lab-grown burger was finally made. It took 2 years to produce and it cost 325,000 bucks. Cows across America began to have hope.
- NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft reached Mars for its mission to study the red planet’s atmosphere.
- Scientists studied 48 bird species for over 4 years, and they finally announced that according to genetics, birds evolved from dinosaurs.
- Bottled water was sold more than carbonated soft drinks for the first time ever.
- A paleontologist isolated a fossil from 440 million years ago and it was the oldest fossilized fungi ever found.
- A 16-year-old was asking a fast food chain through social media for free chicken nuggets for a year, and it worked.
- Experts found that citrus fruits go all the way back to the foothills of the Himalayas.
- The world’s oldest message in a bottle was discovered in Australia and it was around 132 years old. It had been thrown from a German ship called Paula in 1886.
- During a solar eclipse, scientists found out that bees stopped buzzing. When the moon blocked the sunlight, they all just went quiet.
- Scientists discovered a new organ in our body that contains little spaces filled with fluid and it holds up to 20% of our body weight.
- Mars Opportunity Rover’s mission ended after 15 years because of a powerful sandstorm that damaged all communications.
- A stolen Picasso painting was finally found in March of 2019 – it was recovered after 20 years by an art detective.
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