The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
21
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65
0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
310
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65