Facts

The Sun is over 300000 times larger than earth.
Halleys comet was last seen in the inner Solar System in 1986, it will be visible again from Earth sometime in 2061 (get your camera ready).
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with a surface temperature of over 450 degrees celcius.
Many scientists believe that an asteroid impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago.
The Solar System formed around 4.6 billion years ago.
The first man made object sent into space was in 1957 when the Russian satellite named Sputnik was launched.
It is because of the Sun & Moons gravity that we have high & low tides

Rats breed so quickly that in just 18 months, 2 rats could have created over 1 million relatives.
The blue whale can produce the loudest sound of any animal. At 188 decibels, the noise can be detected over 800 kilometres away.
Horses and cows sleep while standing up.
Giant Arctic jellyfish have tentacles that can reach over 36 metres in length.
Locusts have leg muscles that are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
Hummingbirds are so agile and have such good control that they can fly backwards.
Instead of bones, sharks have a skeleton made from cartilage.
Insects such as bees, mosquitoes and cicadas make noise by rapidly moving their wings.
The horn of a rhinoceros is made from compacted hair rather than bone or another substance.
Sharks lay the biggest eggs in the world

Even when a snake has its eyes closed, it can still see through its eyelids.
Sound travels 4 times faster in water than it does through air.
Some types of bamboo can grow nearly a metre a day!
Despite it name, the Killer Whale (Orca) is actually a type of dolphin.
Although Polar Bears have white, fluffy fur, their skin is actually black.
Rabbits and parrots can see behind themselves without even moving their heads!
Butterflies taste food by standing on top of it! Their taste receptors are in their feet unlike humans who have most on their tongue
A hippopotamus may seem huge but it can still run faster than a man.
The Earth's core is believed to be a mix (alloy) of iron and nickel, giving the Earth its own magnetic field.