Interesting Facts

Testicles can detect sweet flavours. (According to researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, testicles have taste buds. In a press release, researcher Robert Margolskee said, 'Like much good science, our current findings pose more questions than answers." That has to be the understatement of the year.)

According to experts at the American Chemical Society, cucumber sandwiches can help you keep your cool. (Unfortunately the most effective way to eat them isn't with the crusts cut off, but rather served on whole wheat bread with mayonnaise and sea salt on top. Other recommendations for keeping cool were beer, tea and even curry - lucky me!)

Human blood most closely resembles sea water in terms of it's chemical composition!

The number of chemical elements in the universe is 116. (A chemical element, often called simply element, is a substance that cannot be divided or changed into different substances by ordinary chemical methods. Only only 90 of the known elements occur naturally.)