Tobacco smoke contains at least 4,000 chemicals including: ammonia, cyanide, arsenic, and formaldehyde. |
Botulinum toxin, the etiologic agent of botulism, is considered the most poisonous of poisons. |
Selenologists study the Moon, as geologists study Earth. |
Pain is measured in units of "dols". The instrument used to measure pain is a dolorimeter. |
Corpses don't decompose as fast as they used to because of all of the chemicals and additives we eat now. |
Methane Gas can often be seen bubbling up from the bottom of ponds. It is produced by the decomposition of dead plants and animals in the mud. |
Clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called ‘photolysis.’ For sunlight breaks down the compounds in the laundry that cause odour, such as perspiration and body oils. |
Blype is the skin that peels off after a bad sunburn |
Without any greenhouse effect, Earth would be cold and lifeless with an average temp of 0.4ºF |
Dry ice does not melt. It sublimes, which means it goes directly from solid form to gaseous form |