#240 How does bleach turn clothes white?
I learned this today. Bleaches react with colored organic compounds and turn them into colorless ones. Bleaches by working on the chromophore of a molecule. This is the part of…
I learned this today. Bleaches react with colored organic compounds and turn them into colorless ones. Bleaches by working on the chromophore of a molecule. This is the part of…
I learned this today. Signals from intelligent life are so difficult to hear because of the sheer vastness of space and the fact that we change the technologies we use.…
I learned this today. The creation of the term “pope” to mean the head of the Roman Catholic church started in the 11th century. The word “pope” comes from the…
I learned this today. Different species of extremophiles have evolved different ways to survive the extreme environments that they live in. The word extremophile comes from the Greek “extremus”, which…
I learned this today. Tardigrades are incredibly strong and incredibly small micro-animals. Tardigrades are generally about 0.5mm long. Some of the big ones grow up to 1.5mm in size but…
I learned this today. Rationing in the UK during World War 2 started in September 1939 and ended on July 4th, 1954. Rationing is not an idea that started in…
I learned this today. Skunks smell so bad because they spray an organic compound that has sulfur in it. Skunks are mostly native to north and south America, although there…
I learned this today. Porcupines don’t actually shoot their quills. The quills just detach very easily and stick in the predator. Porcupines are members of the rodent family. Males can…
I learned this today. Abraham Zapruder was a Russian born American clothing manufacturer who happened to be in the right place at the right time to film the John F…
I learned this today. Sloths move so slowly because they have an extremely low metabolic rate. There are six species of sloth that are divided into two different types of…