Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.

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

At over 2000 kilometres long The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.

In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf .

The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.

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

The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

Female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.