Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

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.

When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.

Inbreeding causes 3 out of every 10 Dalmation dogs to suffer from hearing disability.

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

There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.

The short-nosed Bandicoot has a gestation period of only 12 days.

It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.