Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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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.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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