Did you know?

• The chemical name for water is dihydrogen monoxide.
• The jobs of 600,000 people in the UK depend on the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
• A "jiffy" is actually a proper time unit for 1/100th of a second.
• If you pour a handful of salt into a full glass of water, the water level will actually go down.
• "Almost" is the longest commonly used word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
• Chemicals are used daily to treat drinking water across the world.
• Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.