If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.

At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.

Wounds infested with maggots heal quickly and without spread of gangrene or other infection.

Wireless' communications took a giant leap forward in 1962 with the launch of Telstar, the first satellite capable of relaying telephone and satellite TV signals.

Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth.

Quasars emit more energy than 100 giant galaxies.

The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus - In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.

The temperature in Antarctica plummets as low as -35 degrees celsius.