Mindsphere. Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) [EN] Winter is the saddest and happiest season of the year at the same time. If you think about it, in December, the first month of winter, everyone enjoys the arrival of this season, the magic of the holidays, and after the holidays are over, the magic disappears and winter becomes the worst season. Maybe I can change your perception of this season with the following curiosities. 1. The Earth is closest to the Sun in December, which may seem strange considering that December is also the winter solstice, so the shortest day of the year. 2. According to Guinness World Records, the largest snowflake that ever fell to the ground was 38 cm wide and 20 cm thick. He fell on January 28, 1887, in Fort Keogh, Montana in the United States. 3. In New Zealand there is an insect called Weta, which freezes in winter when temperatures drop below 0 degrees. When temperatures start to rise again, the insect thaws and comes back to life. 4. A snowflake normally falls at a speed of almost 5 km per hour. 5. The snow looks white because it is made up of ice crystals placed next to each other. They reflect and refract sunlight, and the white "color" is caused by light refracted in crystals. White is nothing more than a combination of all the visible shades on the spectrum, equally. In reality, however, every ice crystal is translucent. 6. In the southern hemisphere, winter is milder due to the fact that there is more maritime and less land than in the northern hemisphere. 7. The first Winter Olympics took place in France in 1924. The countries of the southern hemisphere did not host and never applied to host the Winter Olympics. 8. About 12% of the planet's surface is permanently covered with ice and snow. 9. Winter is a season caused by the inclination of the hemisphere (northern or southern) in the opposite direction to the sun. That is why the season can be observed in December - February in the northern hemisphere and in June - August in the southern hemisphere. 10. Chinese plum is one of the few plants that have a flowering period in winter. Edited June 10, 2020 by Alex009 1
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