Angel Falls, Venezuela is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The water drops 3,212 ft (979 m).
Very small raindrops look like a sphere; bigger ones look like the top of a hamburger bun.
The world's biggest food fight takes place during the annual "La tomatina" festival in Valencia, Spain. It uses more than 150,000 tomatoes, and lasts for one hour.
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To take off, pelicans need a running start, similar to planes. They build up speed by hopping forward few times, on land and on water.
The most powerful tornado ever measured produced speeds in excess of 480 km/h, or 300 miles/hour.
The world's most expensive biscuit was found in lifeboat survival kit from the H.M.S Titanic. It auctioned for about $22,000 USD.
The biggest beluga whale gathering happens every summer in Canada's Hudson Bay, near the city of Churchil. About 60,000 belugas gather to molt and reproduce.
The city of Churchill in Manitoba, Canda, uses helicopters and armed volunteers to surround the city and defend it from Polar bears during Halloween trick or treat night. Noise markers, rubber bullets and even bear traps are used.
Earth's tectonic plates move slowly. Some move as fast as human fingernails grow (1 inch/year), while others may move up to 3 times faster.
There are more people in the world who speak Spanish as a first-language than English. There are even more who speak Chinese, the leading first-language in the world with 1.2 billion speakers.
The Eumillipes Persephone is a millipede that has a recording setting 1,306 legs. It stands true to it's name “Millipede” which means “a thousand feet.” No other millipede has more 1000 legs.
Pando, a colony of trees that share their root system in Utah, is believed to be the largest organism on the planet, made up of 40,000 trees and weighing 13 million pounds. Pando means "We belong together."
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is named after Colonel sir George Everest first geographer to survey India.
The first ever tool to resemble a chainsaw was invented by German doctor Bernhard Heine. It was a medical tool used for cutting bones.
The Saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. He didn't gain much monetary compensation for his invention, and had to fight numerous attempts to copy his patent and even an attempt on his life.
A numismatist is a person who collects coins. Roman Emperors were among some of the earliest coin collectors.
