It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia. See more

10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria. See more

A bird "chews" with its stomach. See more

The telescope on Mount Palomar, California, can see a distance of 7,038,835,200,000,000 million miles. See more

One quarter of all creatures on the planet are beetles. See more

75% of wild birds die before they are 6 months old. See more

The turkey was wrongly named after what was thought to be it's country of origin. See more

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. See more

No word in the English language rhymes with "month", "orange", "silver" or "purple". See more