Facts :
Earth is not round; it is slightly pear-shaped. The North Pole radius
is 44mm longer than the South
Spiders eat up to 100 times their weight in insects and worldwide
consume about 80% of all insects.
The world's largest desert, the Sahara, covers about 8,400,000
square km (3,250,000 square miles). It is a hot desert
The fastest
flashes moves at 140,000km per second fast enough to go three
times round the Equator in one second, but of course
lightning does not travel that far. The longest flashes of lightning
are about 30km(19 miles) from the ground.