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
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
408
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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
180
0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
310
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