The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
68
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
57
Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
9
For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
45