- The cotton candy machine was invented by a dentist.
- Twelve percent of sleepers dream in black and white.
- Zebras’ coats are just black.
- (Their undercoat has white stripes.)
- The light emitted by 200,000 galaxies makes our universe a shade of beige.
- Scientists at Johns Hopkins University christened the color “cosmic latte.”
- The oldest star is nicknamed Methuselah. It’s 13.8 billion years old.
- If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called eigengrau.
- There may be no sound in space, but it does have a distinct smell: a bouquet of diesel fumes, gunpowder, and barbecue.
- The aroma is mostly produced by dying stars.