Polar bear fur is transparent, it just looks like it's white because it reflects sunlight.
On average, humans release 2 liters of gas per day by burping and farting.
Mars has the tallest mountain known in our solar system, known as Olympus Mons. The mountain rises a whopping 16.8 miles (or 27 kilometers).
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The distance from the Earth to the sun is 92 million miles (146 million km). Even at the incredible speed of light, it takes 8 minutes for the sun's light rays to reach us once they leave the sun.
The largest building in the world is the Boeing building in Washington state. It is used to assemble planes, and is so large that Disneyland could fit inside.
Coconuts trees spread from island to island by floating coconuts. Water currents take them to distant shores, where they wash up and begin to grow.
Wheat is the most traded crop in the world. It's grown on more than 500 million acres (2 million square km) of land.
The human brain receives 400 million bits (47 Megabytes) of information every second. Of those, we are only consciously aware of 2000 bits (0.0002 megabytes).
Lava inside a volcano may reach temperatures higher than 1150° C (2100° F). That's hot enough to melt gold.
The human liver can regenerate itself fully. A liver that is only 30% the normal mass can regenerate to a full liver.
If you add all the numbers on a roulette wheel, you will get a total of 666.
It is estimated that 50 to 70 percent of all the oxygen in our atmosphere comes from algae and bacteria found in our oceans. Trees and plants only account for about 20% of the total oxygen produced.
The coldest inhabited place on earth is Oymyakon, Russia. Cars will not start once turned off and glasses will freeze to your face!
Silver ants reflect light, allowing them to be the only creatures active during peak hot hours in the Sahara desert. Their reflective skin allows them to stay in the sun up to 10 minutes at a time.
The average ant has about 250,000 brain cells; a human has about 10 billion. It takes 40,000 ants to equal the brain of a human.
Contrary to what many people think, the earth is the closest to the sun in the middle of winter. It is not the distance, but the tilt of the earth that causes the temperature changes of the seasons.
