Englishman Roger Bacon invented the magnifying glass in 1250.

One million, million, million, million, millionth of a second after the Big Bang the Universe was the size of a …pea.

The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurence every 9,300 years.

An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

The African Elephant gestates for 22 months.

If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and the Earth would be as small as a pea.

It would take over an hour for a heavy object to sink 6.7 miles down to the deepest part of the ocean.

One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.