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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Street names for barbiturates include reds, red devils, yellow jackets, blue heavens, Christmas trees, and rainbows. They are commonly referred to as downers.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).