The saturn V rocket which carried man to the Moon develops power equivalent to fifty 747 jumbo jets.

Every hour the Universe expands by a billion miles in all directions.

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.

When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, its force was so great it could be heard 4,800 kilometres away in Australia.

10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.

To escape the Earth's gravity a rocket need to travel at 7 miles a second.

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.