In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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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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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