Incredible Science Trivia: Fun Facts and Quizzes

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AROUND YOUR HOME Most modern toilets use 1.6 gallons 6 L of water each time you flush This sounds like a lot but some old toilets used as much as 3.5 gallons 13 L per flush Q Microwave ovens heat up food fast But how A They cause water fat and sugar molecules to vibrate about 2 5 trillion times per second That motion creates heat to cook food Besides washing dishes dish soap can safely be used for A Killing weeds B Killing ants C Washing hair D All of the above The answer is D For weed killing the combination is 1 teaspoon of dish soap 1 cup of salt and 1 gallon 3.8 L of white vinegar For ant killing the mixture is equal amounts of water and white vinegar and a splash of dish soap And to wash your hair mix a bit of dish soap with your shampoo it fights grease in your hair just as it does on dishes