Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
65
Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
42
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
German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
18
The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
51
For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
34
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
31