Some Reindeer travel further than any other animal on Earth. They can travel more than 60,000 miles in their lifetime; that's more than twice the distance around the world.
Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world uses a 728 ton pendulum to counter the force of wind on the building. It is suspended from the 87th to the 92nd floor.
Fleas can jump more than 200 times their body length, which totals a maximum of 7 inches. If humans could jump as far as a flea relative to their body size, some would be able to jump more than 1200 feet (360 meters) at a time.
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Ice caps, glaciers and permanent snow store around 65% of all the fresh water on our planet.
Calaveras County (California, USA) is home to the yearly frog long jump competition. The longest jumping frog receives a $5000 prize as well as a plaque in the Frog Hop of Fame.
In the old days sharpened feathers dabbed with ink were used for writing. We now use a "pen" whose naming comes from the Latin word "penna" meaning feather.
Some butterfly species only live a few days, however there are species known to live up to six months.
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.
The arctic ground squirrel hibernates at 26 degrees Fahrenheit (-3 Celsius), the lowest temperature ever recorded in any live mammal. Despite the frigid temperature, it's blood continues to flow without freezing.
The 'hand' is a unit of measurement equal to 4 inches. It is commonly used to measure horses and ponies; a small pony is about 12 hh (hands high).
The world's largest and heaviest aircraft is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, designed for carrying large cargo. It's maximum takeoff weight is 1.3 million pounds (590,000 kilograms).
On May 22, 1987, Rick Hansen became the first person to circumnavigate the world in a wheel chair. His trip started in Vancouver Canada, took two years to complete and covered 24,901 miles (39,841 km).
Sonkajärvi, Finland is home to the Wife Carrying World Champtionship. Husbands have to carry their wives through obstacle courses as fast as possible. Single men may use their neighbor's wife.
The world's first ski lift was inspired by a mechanism used to lift bananas onto boats.
The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it was launched, weighing 112 million pounds. That's the same weight as 16 billion pennies.
The Statue of Liberty was built and assembled for the first time in Paris France. After assembly it was taken apart and shipped to New York where it was assembled for the second time.
