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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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