Facts About Hydrogen - strangefacts

• The Sun is made out of 92% hydrogen, 7% helium and the rest is other low number gasses

• The odor of farts comes from small amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans in the mixture 

• Joseph Priestley not only discovered oxygen, but he also discovered ammonia, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, sulphur dioxide, and nitrous oxide. He was also the first person to isolate chlorine

• Most people know what pH means, but few people know that it stands for pondus hydrogenii which means potential hydrogen and that each unit is a phidron

• Hydrogen is the lightest, simplest and most commonly found chemical element in the Universe, making up around 75% of its elemental mass

The pink Glowish layer in space is composed of Hydrogen

• Hydrogen is found in large amounts in giant gas planets and stars, it plays a key role in powering stars through fusion reactions

• The chemical symbol of hydrogen is H. It is an element with atomic number 1, this means that 1 proton is found in the nucleus of hydroge

• Hydrogen is commonly used in the petroleum and the chemical industries and is also widely used for many physics and engineering applications such as welding or as coolant

• Hydrogen gas is extremely flammable. It is used as a fuel by the space shuttle main engine and was associated with the famous explosion of the Hindenburg airship
• Hydrogen compounds commonly are called hydrides
  

Facts About Oxygen - strangefacts

• The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily

• The grass and trees along the U.S. interstate highway system release enough oxygen to support 22 million people

• The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air

• Oxygen-poor blood (shown in blue) flows from the body into the right atrium

• If you are locked in a sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning before your brain starves from oxygen deprivation

• Joseph Priestley not only discovered oxygen, but he also discovered ammonia, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, sulphur dioxide, and nitrous oxide. He was also the first person to isolate chlorine

• Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body

• It is thought that a yawn works to send more oxygen to the brain, therefore working to cool it down and wake it up

• The brain can live for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen, and then it begins to die. No oxygen for 5 to 10 minutes will result in permanent brain damage

• Ted A. Batchelor, a professional stuntman endured a full-body burn without oxygen supplies for 2 min 38 sec on an island at Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson, Ohio, USA, on July 17, 2004

• Oxygen is a very reactive element that easily forms compounds such as oxides