You can start a fire with ice.
367
In 1976, an underachieving Princeton junior undergraduate wrote a term paper detailing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an "A", but never got his paper back because it was seized by the FBI.
16
Japanese engineers were asked to redesign the front end of the Bullet Train because it carried enough speed to create a sonic boom whenever it exited a tunnel. Residents could feel the blast from miles away.
11
One human hair can support 3 ounces.
191
Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
240
An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
32
The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million.
67
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
121