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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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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