The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
114
A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
43
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
41
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65
Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
42