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.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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