Elementary school students in Virginia built a satellite that was later deployed into space by NASA in 2016.

Source

Human fingers can feel objects as small as 13 nanometers. If your finger was the size of the Earth, you would feel the difference between houses and cars.

Source

Mageirocophobia is the fear of having to cook.

Source

Humans can beat almost all animals in long-distance running.

Source

Barns are painted red because red paint is cheap. The paint is cheap because iron is plentiful. Iron is plentiful because it is the final element formed out of a star’s death.

Source

Loneliness increases a person’s risk of mortality by 26%, according to a study.

Source