10 weird and wacky facts about science

• The word ‘scientist’ first appeared in 1833

• Scientists finally concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes egg shells is only produced by hens

• 41 new species are discovered by scientists every single day

• ‘Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia’ is the scientific term for brain freeze

• Scientists can turn peanut butter into diamonds

• The world’s oldest known creature, a mollusc, was 507 years old until scientists killed it by mistake

• Earthquakes turn water into gold

• A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun

• It only takes six minutes for brain cells to react to alcohol

• Rain contains vitamin B12.