The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
79
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
67
Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
116
If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
114