oxygen, n.Trivia

Lobsters have curious blood. It is normally transparent, but then turns blue when exposed to oxygen.

Earth's oxygen comes predominantly (50-80%) from phytoplankton in the ocean

Earth is the only known planet where fire can burn. No other planets have enough oxygen.

One tree is able to produce enough oxygen to support a family of four

The average person can survive for 5.5 hours buried in a standard coffin before running out of oxygen.

When you stand up too fast and get dizzy, gravity has caused some of your blood to collect in your legs, depriving your brain of oxygen.

Marine algae produces about 70 to 80 percent of our oxygen.

Oxygen is produced on our planet, to the tune of 50% by the

The Amazon Rainforest supplies 20% of the world’s oxygen.

The Amazon rainforest is responsible for half the world's oxygen supply

Oxygen is required for combustion and hydrogen is a flammable gas, but together they make water . . .. Which puts fire out.

Permanent brain damage begins after only 4 minutes without oxygen. Death can occur as soon as 4 to 6 minutes later.

The womb is the oxygen equivalent of the top of Mt Everest which serves to keep the fetus asleep 95% of the time

10% of the oxygen we breathe comes from just one kind of bacteria in the ocean

The brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe

Airplane oxygen masks use a chemical reaction to generate oxygen on the spot. They aren't hooked up to an oxygen tank

Seven to eight trees provide enough oxygen for just one person per year.

Scorpions have extremely low metabolic rates and require only a tenth of the oxygen of most insects.

Algae is responsible for nearly 50% of the world's oxygen (ocean algae).

Dragonflies had a wingspan of almost two feet during the Paleozoic era (probably because of increased oxygen n the atmosphere)