The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
7
Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
1
Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
304
Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
134
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
In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
16
Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
42
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65