The light from your computer screen streams at you at almost 186,000 miles a second. See more

The Netherlands has built 800 miles of massive dikes and sea walls to hold back the sea. See more

The average person spends 2 weeks of it's life waiting for a traffic light to change. See more

Your system of blood vessels is over 60,000 miles long. That's long enough to go around the world more than twice! See more

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. See more

Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus. See more

The longest sausage made in Australia was 11 kilometers (6.9 miles) long. See more

The typical laboratory mouse runs 2.5 miles per night on its treadmill. See more

A cat's urine glows under a black light. See more

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

The hairs on a polar bear are not white, but clear. They reflect light, so they appear white. See more

Bees can see ultraviolet light. See more