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.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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