A large cumulonimbus cloud can hold enough water for 500.000 baths.

80% of all rose species in the world come from Asia.

Green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea.

The left lung is smaller than the right, allowing room for your heart.

Botanically, true berries include the grape, tomato and eggplant, but not raspberries and blackberries.

During menstruation, the sensitivity of woman's middle finger is reduced.

Seals sleep underwater and surface for air without waking.

Tuna suffocate if they stop swimming.

An igloo is so well insulated that you can sit inside without a coat when the outside temperature is as low as - 30 degrees.

90% of all living things in the sea are made up of plankton.

It takes a week to make jelly beans.

Milk is heavier than cream.

The US bought Florida from Spain.

Rabbits are born hairless and with closed eyes; hares are born covered with fur and with open eyes.

In ancient Rome, oysters were so highly prized that they were sold for their weight in gold.

The cashew nut belongs to the poison ivy family.

If the stomach did not store food, people would have to eat every 20 minutes.

The cheetah is the only that can't retract its claws.

Brontology is the study of thunder.

Fingernails grow faster on your favoured hand.

The average adult eyeball weighs under 30 grams.

Clams have a row of eyes around their shells.

Podiatrists state that the average pair of feet travel about 190 000km in a lifetime.

Owls are reportedly the only birds that can see the colour blue.