When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
199
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.
13
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
117
The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
51
One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
57
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5
The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
75
The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40