Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
66
The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
175
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
312
Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
71
Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
24
German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
68