FACTS ABOUT THE SUN

IT’S REALLY BRIGHT

Ok, so you knew that, but did you know that it’s brighter than

85% of everything else in the entire Milky Way?

IT’S NOT THE BRIGHTEST THING ON EARTH THOUGH

That record belongs to the sky beam at the Luxor Resort

and Casino in Las Vegas.

IT WAS A MONSTER

At least that’s what they used to think back in the day.

One legend said it was a man with 3 eyes and 4 arms that was

abandoned by his spouse for being too bright.

IT CAUSES REVOLUTIONS

That’s right, American historians and Russian scientists have

connected revolutions to sunspots. Don’t believe us?

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

The American Revolution, French Revolution, Paris Commune, and both

Russian Revolutions fell near times of maximum solar activity.

IT’S NOT YELLOW

Most photos of the sun depict it as being orange, red, yellow or a

combination of the three. In reality, the sun is white.  

It appears yellow to us because of the blue light in the

Earth’s atmosphere.

SUNSPOTS WERE A SECRET

Galileo was the first to notice sunspots but he hid the discovery for

fear of being persecuted.

TIDAL ENERGY

The sun accounts for 44% of the Earth’s tidal energy while the

moon accounts for the remainder.

THE SUN CAN MAKE US TALLER

When the sun and moon are in apogee, or pulling the Earth in the

same direction, our bodies our stretched albeit only microscopically.