Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
116
0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
310
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
Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
20
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
44
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.
15
The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
18