Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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