15 Interesting DNA Facts

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"15 Interesting DNA Facts" 1. DNA stores all information that makes up any organism. That’s quite a lot of information but what’s interesting about DNA is that it is made of just four building blocks, which are – cytosine (C), thymine (T), guanine (G) and adenine (A). 2. There were some ancient viruses that used to infect humans but today, 8% of human DNA is actually made of those ancient viruses! 3. Human DNA is 95% identical to the DNA of chimpanzees. That’s quite understandable but what’s shocking is that human DNA is 50% identical to the DNA of bananas! You read it correctly! We said BANANAS! 4. Here is another shocker – cabbages and humans share about 40-50% of identical DNA. Yeah – cabbages – those that we eat! You know… those green leafy cabbages! 5. 1 single gram of DNA is capable of holding an amazing 700 terabytes of data! 6. If we want to store all digital information in this world, all we need is 2 grams of DNA. 7. Human penis once used to be spiny. That’s scary! Luckily that DNA code which made the penis spiny is lost. Around 700,000 years ago Neanderthals and modern humans got separate from a common ancestor and that is when the modern humans actually lost that DNA code. Good for us! Imagine how a woman would feel while performing fellatio of even penetrative sex! 8. Scientists have found out that a total of 510 DNA codes have been lost throughout the process of human evolution. 9. DNA is present in each and every cell of human body. Each DNA strand is 1.8 meters long but squeezed into a space of 0.09 micrometers! 10. If someone manages to unwind all DNA molecules in a human body and place them end to end, the total length that can be covered is 10 billion miles! That’s the distance covered in a trip from Earth to Pluto and back to Earth. 11. The center of our galaxy Milky Way contains molecular precursors of DNA. 12. The DNA in every cell of human body is damaged 1,000 to 1 million times every single day. Luckily our body has an elaborate system of repairing those damaged DNAs constantly. When the repairing mechanism fails events like cellular death or cancer formation takes place. 13. Do you really think Columbus was the first person to reach the New World (America)? You are wrong! This was achieved by Polynesians sometime in 13th century. This is actually suggested by DNA evidence. There are even stories that Antarctica was first visited by Polynesians around the year 650 and they describe the place as “a place of bitter cold where rock-like structures rose from a solid sea“. 14. It will take 50 years to type the entire human genome if someone types at a speed of 60 wpm (words per minute) and works 8 hours a day! 15. Mud worms, according to scientists, are the closest genetic relatives we have from the world of invertebrates. Human DNA is more similar to that of mud worms than other invertebrates such as cockroaches or octopus. Don't forget to click LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT Below! SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://www.youtube.com/c/sxmscelik?sub_confirmation=1 Contact: sxcelik@gmail.com Follow Me On ✓Facebook: http://ift.tt/1Q9aLg1 ✓Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sxmscelik ✓Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/sxmscelik ✓Google+: http://ift.tt/1RLMyK2 Music: incompetech.com Video Editing: Sony Vegas Pro 13