Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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