4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
27
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
16
If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
114
Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
11
In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
39
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
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.
304