Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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