What can happen in a second?

A second goes by pretty quickly. In fact, several have passed since you have started reading this sentence. Most people that read this blog will experience more than 2 1/2  billion seconds in their lifetime.

Just a Second is a different way to look at time. A lot can happen in a second, even more goes on in a minute, a day, or a month and then there are events that are over in a fraction of a second or last a billion years.

Here are some amazing things that happen in one second:

A bumblebee beats its wings 200 times

A woodpecker hammers a tree trunk with its beak 20 times.

In one minute:

An elephant’s heart beats about 30 times.

The world’s population increases by 149 people.

In one hour:

The sun travels half a million miles on its trip around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

An adult takes about 900 breaths.

So check out this book and take a new look at time.