Lightning Bolt

The temperature when a lightning bolt strikes the earth is around 54,000° Fahrenheit. Six times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Largest Structure

The largest structure in the universe is the sloan great wall. The length of this structure is 1.37 billion light years long. To put this in perspective just one light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles.

Nightmares

Contrary to popular belief cheese doesn't actually cause nightmares.

Horses

It is impossible for a horse to vomit.

Paper

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Swine Flu

The first time swine flu was found in a pig was in 1930.

Wedding Dress

The world's most expensive wedding dress costs 12 million dollars. The reason for such a high price is the fact that the dress itself is embedded with diamonds. Unfortunately though no bride has walked down the aisle wearing it yet.

National Tequila day

Today ( 24th of July ) is National Tequila day in the USA.

Snails

Snails can hibernate for up to 3 years. When conditions are unfavourable a snail will find a safe spot, retreat into it's shell and cover the entrance with a layer of slime, it will then stay there until conditions are favourable again.

Lightning Strikes

Everyday lightning strikes the earth over 8.5 million times.That works out at around 100 times every second.

Las vegas

In Las Vegas none of the casinos have clocks or windows.This is so that gamblers at the casino don't realise how much time they are spending in the casino which helps them spend more money.

Miami

In miami it is illegal to impersonate an an animal.

Moon landing

Neil armstrong landed on the moon on the 20th of july 1969.Exactly 40 years ago today.

Tallest statue

The tallest statue in the world is the spring temple Buddha in China.Finished in 2002 this enormous statue weighs around 1,000 tonnes and cost $55 million to make.The statue itself is 128m tall but when the pedestal on which it stands is taken into account it comes to 153m tall (or 830ft).

Goldfish

The common myth that a goldfish's memory lasts only 3 seconds is completely false. Scientists have proved a number of times (using fish food and some sort of signal) that the memory of goldfish lasts much longer, some claim it to be as long as 3 months.

Blinking

The average human blinks over 10,000,000 in one year.That's over 10 million times.

Babies Born

There are approximately 216,000 babies born everyday.That's 150 babies born every minute.

Ostriches

The eye of an ostrich is bigger than it's brain.

Baby Eyes

A babies eyes are virtually the same size they are at birth as they are when they are fully grown adults.

No. 10 Downing Street

No. 10 Downing Street is never empty. This is because the front door cannot be opened from the outside.

The Lightbulb

Despite popular beliefs Thomas Edison didn't actually invent the lightbulb.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean" was the first song by a black artist to be shown on MTV.