Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
162
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
-23
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 hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
116
The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
21
One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
51
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
175