At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.

Quasars emit more energy than 100 giant galaxies.

The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

Inbreeding causes 3 out of every 10 Dalmation dogs to suffer from hearing disability.

Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.

Wireless' communications took a giant leap forward in 1962 with the launch of Telstar, the first satellite capable of relaying telephone and satellite TV signals.

The call of the humpback whale is louder than Concorde and can be heard from 500 miles away.

The longest glacier in Antarctica, the Almbert glacier, is 250 miles long and 40 miles wide.