Science Facts

4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.

A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.

A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.

According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.

Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!

Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.

At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.

Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!