Fishes were the first animals to appear on this planet, which had a backbone.

A single day of planet Venus is equivalent to 243 days of earth.

Europe it is the only continent without a desert.

Vatican City (0.17 square miles) is the smallest country in the world.

The earth’s mass is about 6600000000000000000000 tons. (6600 trillion tons)

Ants can pull 300 times their own body weight and lift 50 times their own body weight.

Angel falls of Venezuela is the highest waterfall (980meters).

Grasshoppers have white blood.

Founder’s Tree (110 meters) is believed to be the tallest tree in the world.

The rodent hamster is one of the fastest reproducing mammals. It has 4 to 5 litters a year and each litter may have more than 12 babies.

Watch making is Switzerland’s national industry.

Fifty thousand earthquakes take place on earth each year.

Fingernails grow four times faster than toenails.

The first drawings were made by cavemen of France and Spain around 30000 to 10000 BC.

Our heart pumps 10000 liters of blood every day.

Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were left-handed.

Goats have rectangular pupils in their eyes.

Strangely, cows sleep while standing, have 4 stomachs and sweat through their nose.

We blink our eyes once every six-second that is 25 times a minute and 250 million times in an average human lifetime.

Mount Waialeale in Hawaii is the rainiest place on earth with an average rainfall of 1197 centimeters per year.

The driest place on earth is probably Arica in Chile with an average rainfall of 0.05 centimeters per year.

If you fly from London to New York at supersonic speed, you will arrive 2 hours before you leave.

For over 600 years, French was the official language of England.

Emus and kangaroos are not able to walk backwards.

Human babies are colorblind at birth.

There are about 6500 spoken languages in the world today. The most widely spoken is Mandarin Chinese.

In the human-body, every minute three hundred million cells die.

80% of all body heat escapes through our head.

Mammals living in water (dolphins and whales) move their tails up and down while fishes move them sideways.

Wheat is the most widely cultivated crop in the world.

Opposite faces of a dice cube always adds up to 7.

A record plays from outside edge to inside, where as a CD reads from inside to the outside edge.

The most common first name in the world is Muhammad.

Tarantula, a species of spider found in Southern America cannot spin webs.

Walt Disney, the creator of the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was afraid of mice.

In total, there are 450 types of cheese in the world out of which around 250 varieties of cheese are found in France alone.

A caterpillar’s body comprises more than 2000 muscles.

Marilyn Monroe (real name was Norma Jean) had 6 toes on one foot.

The major oceans like, Pacific Ocean holds 46%, Atlantic Ocean holds 23.9%, Indian Ocean holds 20.3%, and the Arctic Ocean 3.7% of the world’s water.

Rats can stay alive without water longer than camels.

Watermelons, oranges, tomatoes and lemons are actually berries.

Horses and rhinos belong to the same animal family.

Among animals, sea otters have the thickest fur.

A large cloud can store water for almost 500000 showers.

Collecting stamp is the most popular hobby in the world.

The feather cock or the badminton bird has to have exactly 14 feathers for acceptance in the Olympics.

English language has the largest vocabulary in the world, around 800000 words.

Only female mosquitoes bite. Male mosquitoes drink plant juice and water.

The metal Mercury is the only metal that is in liquid state at room temperature.

Highest male concentration in the world is in Kuwait (about 60%) and highest female concentration is in Latvia (about 54%).