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Wheel spiders can tuck their legs in and roll at 3.3ft/s (1m/s). When they're up on a dune and threatened, they just roll down to safety.

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The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is the tallest structure on our planet, measuring 2716 feet (828 meters). Alain Robert (a.k.a "The Spider Man") climbed the tower on the outside in six hours.

Since spiders can't climb out of sinks some people put up a spider ladder to help them climb out. When they wake up in the morning, there won't be any spiders waiting in the sink.

The worlds biggest spider, the Goliath bird eater can grow as big as 4.7 inches (12 cm), and weigh 6.2oz (175g). They have been spotted eating snakes, rodents and even small birds.

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The world's longest living known spider died in 2018 at the age of 43 in Australia. She lived in the same burrow her entire life.

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.

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