Random Facts

Here are some Sensational & Random Chemistry Facts =)…

-Air becomes liquid at about minus 190 degrees Celsius.

- Mosquitoes like the scent of estrogen, hence, women get bitten by mosquitoes more often than men do.

- Only female mosquitoes bite people.

- The amount of carbon in the human body is enough to fill about 9,000 ‘lead’ pencils.

- The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter J.

- The lighter was invented before the match (in 1816 by J.W. Dobereiner).

- An average adult body contains around 250g (1/2lb) of salt.

- Ninety-eight per cent of the weight of water is made up of oxygen

-A bee sting is acidic and a wasp sting is alkali. To treat a sting by one of these you should use the opposite type of chemical.

- The burning sensation we get from chilli peppers is because of a chemical called Capsaicin.

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