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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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