The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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