Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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