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The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half with liquid and half with air…

Explanation: The glass is always completely full of something, be it a solid, liquid, or gas — unless the entire thing is in a vacuum and all the atoms are removed.

A photon checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm traveling light. ”…

Explanation: OK, this is more of a physics joke. A photon is a packet of light and has zero mass. Not only is it literally traveling light (the illuminating kind), it's also traveling light (as in not heavy).

Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll have an H 2 O. " The second one says "I think I'll have an H 2 O too" — and he died…

Explanation: H 20 is the molecular formula for water. But H 2 O 2 is the molecular formula for hydrogen peroxide, which will kill you if you drink it.

Q: Why can you never trust atoms? A: They make up everything!

Explanation: Atoms are the smallest pieces of matter, they make up all of the elements and molecules and proteins and everything else on Earth…

They also literally make up everything we see, but in the joke they are suggesting that the atoms lie so don't trust them.

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-The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system. -Humans can distinguish between at least a trillion smells. -If you shuffle a pack of cards properly, chances are that exact order has never been seen before in the whole history of the universe.

-The sun makes up more than 99% of the mass of the solar system. -Humans can distinguish between at least a trillion smells. -If you shuffle a pack of cards properly, chances are that exact order has never been seen before in the whole history of the universe shuffle distinguish вселенная, мир тасовать различать

-There’s a gas cloud in the constellation of Aquila that contains enough alcohol to make 400 trillion pints of beer. -There’s a planet where it rains glass, sideways in howling 7000 kilometre-per-hour winds. There are ten times more cells of bacteria in your body than there are human cells.

-There’s a gas cloud in the constellation of Aquila that contains enough alcohol to make 400 trillion pints of beer. -There’s a planet where it rains glass, sideways in howling 7000 kilometer-per-hour winds. -There are ten times more cells of bacteria in your body than there are human cells. cell клетка howling вопиющий, воющий constellation созвездие

-The surface of the earth at the equator rotates at a speed of 460 meters per second --or roughly 1, 000 miles per hour. -The earth is orbiting around our sun at a speed of nearly 30 kilometers per second, or 67, 000 miles per hour.

-The surface of the earth at the equator rotates at a speed of 460 meters per second--or roughly 1, 000 miles per hour. -The earth is orbiting around our sun at a speed of nearly 30 kilometers per second, or 67, 000 miles per hour. rotate вращаться surface поверхность orbiting вращаться по орбите

-If you took out all the empty space in our atoms, the human race could fit in the volume of a sugar cube. -Stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself. -A medium-sized cumulus cloud weighs about the same as 80 elephants.

-If you took out all the empty space in our atoms, the human race could fit in the volume of a sugar cube. -Stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. -Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself. A medium-sized cumulus cloud weighs about the same as 80 elephants. digest переваривать dissolve растворять cumulus кучевые облака

-If you could drive your car straight up, you would arrive in space in just over an hour. -The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life. -Human saliva contains a painkiller called opiorphin that is six times more powerful than morphine.

-If you could drive your car straight up, you would arrive in space in just over an hour. -The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life. -Human saliva contains a painkiller called opiorphin that is six times more powerful than morphine. powerful сильный, действенный accidentally случайно saliva слюна

-Girls have more taste buds than boys. When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch. -If you drilled a hole through the earth and jumped in, it would take 42 minutes to fall to the other side (provided gravity played along).

Girls have more taste buds than boys. When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch. If you drilled a hole through the earth and jumped in, it would take 42 minutes to fall to the other side (provided gravity played along). flea блоха buds рецепторы acceleration ускорение

-While reading this sentence, approximately a billion neutrinos from the sun passed through you. -A single solar flare can release the equivalent energy of millions of 100 megaton atomic bombs. -Space smells like a combination of hot metal, fuel, and seared meat.

-While reading this sentence, approximately a billion neutrinos from the sun passed through you. -A single solar flare can release the equivalent energy of millions of 100 -megaton atomic bombs. -Space smells like a combination of hot metal, fuel, and seared meat. flare вспышка approximately приблизительно seared поджаренный

-10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. -Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth. -Every year lightning kills 1, 000 people. -A bolt of lightning is 5 times hatter than the surface of the sun.

-10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. -Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth. -Every year lightning kills 1, 000 people. -A bolt of lightning is 5 times hatter than the surface of the sun. lightning молния strike ударять bolt удар

-Dead people can get goosebumps. -Honey does not spoil. You could feasibly eat 3, 000 year old honey. -Beer, wine, bread, and cheese are all examples of controlled spoilage. -Forty-one new species are discovered by scientists every day. -Tomatoes have more genes than humans.

-Dead people can get goosebumps. -Honey does not spoil. You could feasibly eat 3, 000 year old honey. Beer, wine, bread, and cheese are all examples of controlled spoilage. -Fortyone new species are discovered by scientists every day. -Tomatoes have more genes than humans. example пример goosebumps мурашки по коже spoilage порча

-Scientists have developed a way of charging mobile phones using urine. -Astronauts cannot belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs. -Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste. -Sound waves can be used to make objects levitate.

-Scientists have developed a way of charging mobile phones using urine. Astronauts cannot belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs. -Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste. -Sound waves can be used to make objects levitate. waste отход to belch отрыгивать scientist ученный

IDIOMS DON’T BE A COUCH POTATOE!

Blow a fuse

Blow a fuse Разгневаться; метать молнии

Pull the plug

Pull the plug Прекратить делать что-л. ; махнуть рукой

Re-invent the wheel

Re-invent the wheel Изобретать велосипед; открыть Америку

Make heads or tails of it

Make heads or tails of it Разобраться где начало, где конец; отличить голову от хвоста

Down to a science

Down to a science Педантично; отлично справляться с работой

SLANG ‘N JARGON

Stellar

Stellar Крутой, неземной

Far Out

Far Out Отпадный

Spacey/Spaced Out – Space Cadet

Spacey/Spaced Out – Space Cadet Потерянный; на своей волне; мечтатель

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Pearls of Wisdom

Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen. — Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ” ― Albert Einstein

“Science is the process of thinking God’s thoughts after him. ” —Johannes Kepler

“Science brings men nearer to God. ” —Louis Pastuer