The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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