World Science Day For Peace And Development is an international holiday that underlines how important science is to the future of society. This is a holiday that’s observed annually on November 10th and is celebrated by people from around the world. It was first created in 2001 and has been celebrated as a holiday since 2002. The objectives of this holiday are as follows: It’s designed to strengthen public awareness about sustainable societies and the importance of science; it’s designed to draw attention to the challenges faced by science; it’s designed to promote international solidarity for science shared between countries, and it’s designed to renew the international commitment for science.

The History Of World Science Day For Peace & Development

Back in July of 1999 at the World Conference on Science in Budapest, Hungary, plenty of participants from around the world expressed their support for a day that advanced awareness of science among the public. This would begin the UN’s journey towards establishing this holiday. In 2001, it was decided by the UN’s General Conference that November 10th of every year be observed as this holiday. The following year, in 2002, the holiday would be observed for the first time.

Interesting Science Facts

We’re ready to drop some science facts on everyone reading this article and we’re sure there’s plenty of people who are ready to learn more about it. So without wasting any more time, allow us to provide you with the following interesting science facts.

• On average, the ocean is 12,080-feet deep. That’s about the size of eight Empire State Buildings stacked on top of one another.
• The human body has 206 bones in it.
• The moon’s gravity is 1/6th the amount of gravity on Earth. If you weighed 200-pounds on Earth, then you’d weigh 33 pounds on the moon.
• Every minute of every day, there are approximately 2,000 thunderstorms on Earth.
• The United States receives about 1,200 tornadoes a year.
• A bolt of lightning is 5-times hotter than the surface of the sun.
• Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise.
• Footprints left on the moon will remain there for 100-million years.
• The saltwater geysers on Jupiter’s moon Europa are twenty-times taller than Mount Everest.
• Humans have unique fingerprints, but they also have unique tongue prints.
• There are 100 trillion cells in the human body.
• Watermelons and fruit are technically berries.
• There are almost 400,000 known plant species on Earth—that we know of!
• One million Earths could fit inside the sun.
• There are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of sand on Earth.
• Since sound requires air or some other medium to move through, space is completely silent.

Observing World Science Day For Peace And Development

Every year, this holiday is officially observed by people all over the world with demonstrations, symposiums, and events that are designed to raise public awareness about science. It’s also a day that’s observed by ordinary citizens who want to use this holiday as a day to advocate for science and learn more about it.