When lightning strikes a person, his body heats up to 28,000 degrees.

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Sigourney Weaver only earned $35,000 for Alien (1979) movie but got $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986).

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A penguin can hold its breath for up to 18 minutes.

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The longest cigar in the world is a cigar with a length of 81.8 meters.

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While dogs sleep, they can dream about their master.

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Thousands of Afghans celebrate their birthday on the first of January.

• Because they don't know what day they were actually born.

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Iron can become gas

• To do this, it must be heated to 50,000 degrees Celsius.

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British India tried to get rid of cobras by offering a reward for captured snakes. Locals started breeding cobras and giving them to the government to collect the reward. The British found out and stopped the program.

The breeders then released their snakes causing the population to increase.

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Unlike the rings of Saturn, Jupiter's rings are made of miniscule particles of rock and dust—some as small as cigarette-smoke particles — which makes them dark and nearly impossible to see from Earth.

Actors who smoke on camera most often smoke "herbal cigarettes" stuffed with lettuce or tea instead of tobacco.

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A king cobra has enough venom to kill 20 people or one elephant.

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The core temperature of the sun is approx 15,000,000 °C.

Highest temperature ever achieved on Earth is 5,500,000,000,000 °C.

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Slugs are the toothiest creatures on Earth

• The number of their teeth can reach up to 75,000.

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The only vegetable that is also a flower is broccoli.

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71 species of birds have disappeared from Hawaii since humans landed on the island.

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In 1990, Angelo Pitoni, an Italian geologist, bought some unusual
blue stones from a Fula Chief in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The tribe claimed that the stones were acquired from beings who came from the sky. After returning to Europe, Pitoni had the mysterious rocks examined at a university, and the results showed that they did not match any known mineral.

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Coca-Cola has a flavor created in collaboration with AI: Coca-Cola Y3000 Zero Sugar.

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Cruise ships use up to 250 tons of fuel per day.

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The Arctic fox can withstand temperatures down to -70 degrees.

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Many spiders have a weak nervous system and can die from fear.

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