Despite the popular myth, it's impossible to seriously injure somebody by dropping penny from an airplane or a tall building. The penny is not very aerodynamic and it doesn't have enough mass to cause damage (only about 3 grams). The worst it could do is cause a sting on the victim's head.
"Lead" pencils don't actually contain any lead. The core is made out of graphite, a form of carbon that was mistakenly thought to be a type of lead when it was discovered in the 16th century.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. The surface temperature on Venus is a burning 461.85 °C (863.33 °F). On Pluto it is so cold that liquid nitrogen turns to solid! Pluto's estimated surface temperature is around -228°C (-378°F).
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Ant eaters can eat up to 350,000 ants daily. They eat the ants without destroying the nest.
Essential fatty acids are called 'essential' because our bodies need them on a regular basis. They are found in foods rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6, including fish, flax seeds, nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and leafy vegetables.
Pomegranate fruit gets it's name from Latin "poma granata", meaning "the apple with many seeds".
Rainforests are home to more than 30 million animal and plant species. That's half of the wildlife on Earth.
Of the 1,000 active volcanoes on Earth, only 30 of them are known to erupt.
Lightning bolts on Earth may get as hot as 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit; that's more than four times hotter than the surface of the sun.
The first person to pay for visiting outer space is Dennis Tito. His one week trip to the International Space Station cost 20 million dollars, and was courtesy of the Russians. NASA wasn't thrilled.
French people eat 2 million eclairs every single day. It was invented in France where it was originally called "Pains à la duchesse."
The longest passenger plane in the world is the Boeing 747-8I. It is 76.3m (250ft) long.
Beluga Caviar one of the most expensive food in the world. A large tin can sells for about $35,000 US Dollars.
The Ostrich lays the biggest eggs in the world. Their eggs can measure up to 6 inches in diameter, and weigh more than five pounds.
The coldest temperature ever recorded on our planet is -89.2 °C (-128.6 °F). It was recorded in Antarctica, the coldest, driest, windiest and highest continent on Earth.
There are no words in the English language that rhyme with silver, orange, or purple.
