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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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