Trivias and Games on ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING

TRIVIAS

Graphite can be transformed into diamond by applying a temperature of 3000°C and pressure of 100,000 atm.

A dwarf star is so dense that it would take 8 men to lift a teaspoon full of its matter.

The implicit curve equation (x²+y²-1)³-x²y³=0 produces the heart shape. 

The Reuleaux Triangle is a shape of constant width other than a circle.

A rubber band shrinks when heated and expands when cooled because of the change in its Entropy state.

Due to the effect of Thermal Expansion, the Eiffel Tower is upto 15cm taller in summer.

Corneas are the only tissues that don't require blood.

A kind of jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula) upon reaching adulthood can transform itself back to childhood by converting its cells. It may repeat this to live forever.

The Pistol Star is the most luminous star known - 10 million times the power of the Sun and as big as the size of Earth's entire orbit around the Sun.

You can remember the value of Pi (3.1415926) by counting each word's letters in "May I have a large container of coffee?"

BRAIN GAMES

Game 1- Air typer

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Game 2- Wheel of Fortune

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Game 3- Spiderman Web of Words

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