The average IQ is 100, while 140 is the beginning of genius IQ.
140
The chlorine smell in swimming pools is accentuated by the chemical's reaction with impurities (like poop.)
7
The Band-Aid was originally made for the inventor's wife, who often cut and burned herself while cooking.
6
All the gold ever mined could be molded into a cube 60 feet high and 60 feet wide.
38
Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
10
An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
32
You can start a fire with ice.
367