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.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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