Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
12
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
117
If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
67
Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
71
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.
34
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
73