
There are about 40,000 species of spiders crawling around the globe. They live on every continent expect Antarctica.

The Steller's Sea Eagle is the heaviest of all the eagles. It can weight up to 20 pounds.

A butt is a real unit of measurement for a cask of wine. A buttload is about 108 Imperial gallons.

The Liberty Bell is also called the Pass and Stow bell, after the metalworkers who cast it.

The platypus doesn’t have a stomach at all: Their esophagus goes straight to their intestines.

A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

The first game to be played in space was Starcraft – Daniel Barry took it with him in 1999 on the Space Shuttle mission STS-96.

It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.

The body of a jellyfish is between 95 and 98% water.
According to a 2015 study, sarcasm can promote creative thinking.