The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mamba snake is over 95%.

Even travelling at the speed of light it would take 2 million years to reach the nearest large galaxy, Andromeda.

Englishman Roger Bacon invented the magnifying glass in 1250.

October 12th, 1999 was declared 'The Day of Six Billion' based on United Nations projections.

The earliest wine makers lived in Egypt around 2300 BC.

Quasars emit more energy than 100 giant galaxies.

Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.

The Australian billygoat plum contains 100 times more vitamin C than an orange.