Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
42
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
66
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
180