One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
75
Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
17
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
96
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
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
6