Science Facts

Fact Page: Your brain is 80% water.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Some think dinosaurs might have been as colorful as many birds are today.

Tags: Dinosaur, Color, Scientist

Fact Page: Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
Date Added: 2010-11-29 18:12:36
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Oak trees develop slowly and can reach heights of over 30 feet. Acorn production begins when the tree hits the 20-year-mark or so, making reproduction a very slow process. Statistics have shown that although an oak tree can produce upwards of 2,200 acorns in a single season, each acorn has only a one in 10,000 chance of actually becoming an oak tree.

Tags: Oak Tree, Tree, Acorn

Fact Page: Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
Date Added: 2011-03-01 09:49:35
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Tags: Polio, Jonas Salk, Drugs, Medical, Health, Wealth, Money, Science, Patent

Fact Page: Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
Date Added: 2013-04-26 03:43:01
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Tags: Mutation, Evolution, Eyes, Blue, Genetics, Human, Body, Interesting

Fact Page: Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
Date Added: 2013-01-05 11:50:48
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Tags: Water, Heat, Cold, Freezing, Temperature, Strange, Weird, Interesting

Fact Page: Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
Date Added: 2012-04-16 05:42:58
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Water will only conduct electricity when it has an electrolyte present, when ions are in solution which will allow for the flow of an electric current.

Tap water is not pure water, even this has a very small amount of ions present which will allow the wate to conduct to a small degree. To improve the water's conductivity, one can use one of many very common electrolytes, for example "Salt", Sodium Chloride is a strong electrolyte.

"Strong" and "weak" when talking about electrolytes refers to their ability to break up into ions in solution. "Strong" electrolytes will completely break up into ions whereas "weak" electrolytes will not break up completely (although they will break up to a degree). An example of a weak electrolyte is acetic acid (AKA "vinegar"), this weak electrolyte will also allow for the flow of an electric current through water.

There are also "non-electrolytes" such as sugar which do not break into ions at all and will not allow for the flow an an electric current.

Tags: Water, H2O, Science, Electrolyte, Electricity, Electric, Salt, Sodium Chloride

Fact Page: Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
Date Added: 2012-03-02 18:29:29
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There is a difference between how tough something is and how hard it is.

Tags: Diamond, Gem, Hammer, Interesting, Mineral, Science, Rumor, Myth

Fact Page: Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
Date Added: 2011-12-22 04:41:08
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Tags: Science, Human, Body, Human Body, Nitrogen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen

Fact Page: Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
Date Added: 2011-09-07 09:44:56
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Oak trees develop slowly and can reach heights of over 30 feet. Acorn production begins when the tree hits the 20-year-mark or so, making reproduction a very slow process. Statistics have shown that although an oak tree can produce upwards of 2,200 acorns in a single season, each acorn has only a one in 10,000 chance of actually becoming an oak tree.

Tags: Oak Tree, Tree, Acorn

Fact Page: Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
Date Added: 2011-03-01 09:49:35
Fact Category: Science Fact

Tags: Periodic Table, Letter, Alphabet

Fact Page: The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
Date Added: 2010-09-08 10:27:22
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Tags: Neanderthal, Brain

Fact Page: The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
Date Added: 2010-02-13 13:10:38
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Fact Page: When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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Fact Page: No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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