Facts

• Tha largest hailstone ever found was in Kansas, USA. It was the size of a melon, 19 cm wide and weighed 758 grams.
• The world's largest havercraft can carry over 400 passengers and 60 cars, and can travel at a speed of 120 km/hr.
• The eyes of the chameleon can move independently. Therefore, it can see in two different directions at the same time
• Wearing headphones for just an hour will multiply the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
• If offered a new pen to write with, 97% of people write their own name first.
• Coral reefs attract millions of visitor to beaches around the world each year, adding to a local tourism economy that makes up 10% of all thejobs worls wide.
• The First machine to carry people up in the air was a balloon. It was built by the Mongolfier brothers, and first flew in Paris in 1783.
• The tallest tree is the giant redwood called the Founder's stree, growing in the HUMBOLDT National forest California. Its is over 110 mts tall.