Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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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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