Light would take .13 seconds to travel around the Earth.

Every year, over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.

One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.

 

In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf .

Every hour the Universe expands by a billion miles in all directions.

10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.

 

The Walkman was launched in Japan by Sony in 1979.

 

Astronauts cannot belch – there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.

The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in 1953.

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.

 

The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus – In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.

The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.

The Ebola virus kills 4 out of every 5 humans it infects.

 

At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.

Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.

 

Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

 

On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.

 

The low frequency call of the humpback whale is the loudest noise made by a living creature.