In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
17
Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
15
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
71
Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
15
Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
9
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
175
The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
140