Ear wax

The unique solvent properties of petrol make it perfect for removing ear-wax, just a few drops is all you need!

Home made camera

In the same way that a loud speeaker can be used as a microphone, a television can be used as a camera.

Gas

In the same way that filling a kettle with hot water makes electricity, if you pass hot water the wrong way through a boiler you can make gas.

Dizzy

If you eat whilst spinning round you wont feel dizzy.

Sei Whale

Sei Whale translates to Fish Fingers in Japanese

White Paint

It costs considerably more to make white paint due to white not being a real colour. In order to make it they have to mix all the other colours together.

Teleportation

Due to it's inert properties it's theoretically impossible to teleport gold.

The birth of the Internet

The first websites got developed as part of a bet between two computer scientists.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms contain enough spores to cross the whole of the Isle of Wight (when laid end to end).

Pancakes

The oil on the underside of pancakes aids their flight in the air due to the extra slippy'ness of the underside. It was this that gave the Wright's brothers the idea of flight.

The sea

In the deapest oceans the pressure is so great that the water near the seabed is solid.

Weather

Feb 29th 2010 was the coldest day on record.