All Science Facts
- 1. Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
- 2. Daizi Zheng, a Chinese designer, made a Coca-Cola powered cell phone. She designed a battery that uses enzymes to generate electricity from the carbs.
- 3. Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
- 4. Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
- 5. Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
- 6. 0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
- 7. Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
- 8. Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
- 9. The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
- 10. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
- 11. The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
- 12. Your brain is 80% water.
- 13. When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
- 14. The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
- 15. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
- 16. The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
- 17. The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
- 18. The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
- 19. The banana tree cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
- 20. The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
- 21. Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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