Facinating Facts

• The first spacecraft launched to the planet Venus was mariner 2 in 1962.
• In 1866, George W.McGill developed a stapling machine to fasten papers with brass fasteners.
• Natural gas goes not have any odour. In order to detect a leak, gas companies add a chemical that smells like rotten eggs.
• The United States Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins.
• The width of a tornado ranges from 10yards to more than a mile.
• Diamonds were first discovered in the river beds of the Golconda region of India over 4000 years ago.
• The Flowers of the wild plant poinsettia reach a height of 12 feet and have leaves that spread to eight inches across.
• The great comet of 1843 had a tail measuring over 300 km long.