| Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system that have no moons. |
| The world's shortest river, the D River in Oregon, is just 121 feet long. |
| A New Star is Born in our galaxy every 18 days. Our galaxy though, comprises 100,000 million stars. |
| All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives. |
| The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly, lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind and lays only one egg each year. Yet is has survived for 70 million years. |
| Diamonds with strong colors like red, pink and blue are called "fancies" and are extremely rare. |
| Amazon ants (red ants found in the western U.S.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the Amazon ants, who cannot do anything but fight. |
| During a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6 degrees Celsius. |
| Because of the salt content of the Dead Sea, it is difficult to dive below its surface. |
| The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium), when brushed by a passerby, ejects its seeds and a stream of poisonous juice that stings the skin. |