- 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
