Science Facts

Snow Shoveling Kills About 100 Americans Every Year

Think shoveling your driveway is just a chore. It's actually one of the most dangerous activities you can do in winter

In 1988, scientist Nancy Knight was studying snow samples from a storm in Wausau, Wisconsin. Under a microscope, she found two snowflakes that were virtually identical — both hollow column crystals with matching structures.

The discovery made headlines worldwide and earned a Guinness World Record. Turns out, snowflakes can only form into about 35 distinct shapes

Your sense of hearing is dependent upon tiny hairs deep inside your ear. If you lose these hairs, you lose your hearing.

There are two different types of hearing loss: Sensorineural and Conductive Hearing Loss. Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to the sensitive hair cells inside the inner ear or damage...

It was not until the 10th and 11th Centuries that people began cultivating carrots for their roots, which is what we now think of as carrots. Prior to that, the leaves and seeds were used for seasoning and medicinal purposes.

Fungi use antibiotics to fend off other microorganisms that compete with them for food.

They have an immune system that fends off their competition. what kind of immune system would we have to have for it to fend off our competition

Sweat itself is odorless. However, when the bacteria on the skin interacts with the sweat, it produces Body Odor.

In total, Humans have left 96 bags of Urine, Feces, and Vomit on the moon in our various trips there.

Bananas are naturally radioactive.

Because they have high amounts of potassium, specifically Potassium-40, a radioactive isotope, all Bananas are naturally radioactive.

The left lung is smaller than the right lung.

The Left Lung is smaller so there is enough room for the heart. Due to the slight size difference, the right lung has three lobes whereas the left lung only has two lobes

"Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia" is the scientific term for brain freeze.

I believe this translates to "Slow down when eating ice cream". I may be wrong though

The Pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy stole his brain and kept it in a jar for 20 years.

In Einstein's Last Will and Testament, he specifically requested that his remains be cremated and his ashes scattered; he did not want his body to be worshiped or put on display. The strangest pa...

The smallest bone in the human body is the Stapes, a bone in the inner ear.

The Stapes is one of three bones in the inner ear that help convey sound from the outer ear to the inner ear. The Stapes is about 3 millimeters (mm) long by 2

The oldest living person was Jeanne Calment of Aries, France who died at 122 years old.

She was born February 21, 1875 and died August 4, 1997. She lived for 122 years and 164 days

What makes up the common booger?

While the closest thing the booger has to an "official" term is the ever so boring term "Dried Mucus", they are really quite interesting. Boogers are made up of 95% Water, 3% Mucin (a lubricati...

Babies are born without hard knee caps!

A newborn baby’s patella (kneecap) is made almost completely of cartilage. Around the age of 3, hard bone will begin to form, which will gradually form a firm kneecap around the age of 10

The small intestine is actually longer than the large intestine. The Small/Large descriptor refers to the diameter, not the length, of the organ.

The small intestine is about 20 feet long and about 1 inch in diameter. Its job is to absorb most of the nutrients from what we eat and drink

What are "Goose Bumps" and why do we get them?

Goose Bumps are caused by a contraction of a tiny muscle that is attached to each hair. The muscle contraction causes the surrounding area to become raised and the hair to stand up

The term "Quarantine" originates back to 14th century Europe. During this period, extreme measures were taken to try and control the Black Death. One measure the Mediterranean seaport of Ragusa instituted was the "Trentino".

First instituted in 1377, "Trentino" was a period of thirty days of isolation for inbound ships and people. Over the next 80 years, the original thirty days was increased to forty days, "quarantino"

Ounce for ounce, Narwhal skin has the same amount of vitamin C as an Orange.

Having 20/20 vision means that you see an object at 20 feet with the clarity a “normal” eye sees it at 20 feet.

For instance, if you have 20/10 vision, you can see an object at 20 feet away with the clarity a “normal” eye sees it at 10 feet away. Conversely, if you have 20/100 vision, you see something at ...