The animal that lived longest of all was a turtle. It lived to become the respectable age of 188 years. See more

99% of all animal species that ever lived on Earth are now extinct. See more

There were 13 gun massacres in the 18 years before Australia improved their gun control laws. There have not been any since, in over 14 years. See more

In Lebanon it's legal to have animal sex, but only with female animals. Animal sex with males is a capital crime. See more

After the worst mass shooting in Australia's history, new gun control laws dropped their firearm homicide rate by 42% over the next seven years. See more

Workers in an ant colony only live for about 45-60 days, but a colony's queen can live up to 20 years. See more

Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people. See more

Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops. See more

The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant. They are the smartest species of insects with about 250,000 brain cells. See more

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts. See more

A snail can sleep for three years. See more

American adults have been educated for the longest time. See more

The average criminal sentence length is 137 years in Colombia. See more

The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years. See more

If you fart constantly for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. See more

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. See more