50 Random And Interesting Facts You Might Not Know About The World

Who doesn’t love a good randomfact? Here’s one for you that I’ve learnt recently: A fluffy, weightless-looking cloud actually weighs around a million pounds. Since it’s made out of water and air, it can accumulate quite a lot of mass—about the weight of 100 elephants. You wouldn’t think a cloud was this heavy when you’re soaring through it on a plane, would you?More excitingfactsabout our world await you in the list below, courtesy of the “Factz.unheard”Instagram account. Scroll down to learn about the things you probably haven’t heard about before and make sure to upvote the ones that surprised you the most.Sticking to the topic of clouds, we reached out to broadcast meteorologistJanice Davila,and meteorologist, atmospheric scientist, and owner ofMakens Weather, Matt Makens, who kindly agreed to tell us more interesting facts about the atmosphere and weather!This post may includeaffiliate links.

More excitingfactsabout our world await you in the list below, courtesy of the “Factz.unheard”Instagram account. Scroll down to learn about the things you probably haven’t heard about before and make sure to upvote the ones that surprised you the most.

Sticking to the topic of clouds, we reached out to broadcast meteorologistJanice Davila,and meteorologist, atmospheric scientist, and owner ofMakens Weather, Matt Makens, who kindly agreed to tell us more interesting facts about the atmosphere and weather!

This post may includeaffiliate links.

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BSc meteorologistJanice DavilatellsBored Pandathat one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is thatweatherradars are slightly tilted upward in a half-degree (1/2°) angle.

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Meteorologist, atmospheric scientist and owner ofMakens Weather, Matt Makens, believes that most people might not be aware of just how much moisture there is in the air. “Especially within thunderstorms that are miles high and carry large hail…the tremendous amount of upward wind to enable all of that water and ice to stay in the air is mind-blowing to us as observers when we watch those thunderstorms pass through.”

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Another phenomenon he finds interesting in the field of meteorology is banded snowfall. “Whether it be lake effectsnowor upslope against mountains, the total amount of snow that can fall within just hours can be staggering,” Makens says.

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Both meteorologists believe that the average person should have more knowledge about the atmosphere and weather, mostly for their safety. “I highly recommend people knowing the basics about the weather, especially hazard safety when it comes to storms,” says Davila. “Due to climate change, storms are getting more aggressive, therefore people should be more aware of how to react during nocturnal tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, and anything else that may not be typical for their region.”

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“The lower atmosphere in particular has so many different conditions based on altitude yet the general public assumes its all relatively the same behavior no matter how high into the sky,” says Makens.

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According toClimate.gov, thetwo termsrefer to warm and cool phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific. “The pattern shifts back and forth irregularly every two to seven years, bringing predictable changes in ocean temperature and disrupting the normal wind and rainfall patterns across the tropics.," it writes. Since El Niño and La Niña don’t appear on a regular schedule, it challenges the meteorologists.

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“Today, we can accurately—more or less—predict these features out to a year or maybe two. To be able to forecast these patterns several years in advance would be of tremendous economic gain for the hundreds of industries that rely upon risk management practices protecting from changes those ocean-atmosphere patterns create,” explains Makens.

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