Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
41
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
6
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
66
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.
41
The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
5
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
173