A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
57
The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
Your brain is 80% water.
525
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
408
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.
5
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
73