That a field of soya beans produces 13 times more protein than an equivalent field used to graze cattle for meat.

That at least 75% of all the freshwater on earth is frozen deep in glaciers.  If this water was to rain non-stop all over the Earth, it would rain for as much as 60 years!!

If we converted all the energy from one hurricane in a single day it would be enough to supply the whole of the USA for three years.

At a depth of 30,000ft under the sea, the pressure is equal to one tonne balanced on a postage stamp!

A cup of air contains about 1,000 million, million, million atoms, but an equivalent cup of Interstellar matter is much thinner than the air we breathe on Earth, it would only contain about 300 atoms!

That double rainbows can form?  In a single rainbow red is always at the top and violet at the bottom, whereas in the second (fainter) bow, the colours are always the other way round.

That on average 96% of salt water is pure water; only 3% is common salt and the other 1% is composed of more than 80 different elements! (Some seas do have more salt than others)

Almost one million earthquakes occur in one year…

If all the water in the atmosphere fell as rain at the same time, it would cover the Earth surface in 2.5cm of water!

Did you know that Herrings have a special substance in their scales that is used to make paint? The special paint is often used to make imitation pearls.