Surfactants in car wash soap reduce water’s surface tension, which lets the soapy water spread evenly over your car’s surface—lifting and suspending dirt, creating foam that clings and cleans.
The Sahara Desert is expanding at a rate of roughly 10000 km^2 per year due to a combination of natural and human induced factors. Deforestation, climate change, and agricultural practices contribute to the desertification of these areas.
4 grams of DNA can hold all of the world's data: 1.8 zettabytes. Scientist have been able to store and retrieve data from DNA in experiments, proving organic data storage can be possible.
Tumbleweeds originated in Russia and Siberia and they were brought to the United States in the 1870s, hidden among imported flax seeds. It only took 20 years for the plants to spread throughout the western United States and parts of Canada.
The Code of Hammurabi is one of the earliest written legal codes, established by the Babylonian king Hammurabi. The code consists of 282 laws with scaled punishments, depending on social status (slaves, free men, etc.).
