Sunday, August 7, 2011

FUN FACTS

* Your brain is 80% water. *

* 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. *

* Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were. *

* Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked. *

* 0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe. *

* The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man. *

* The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed. *

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