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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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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.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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