In 1666, the fire that destroyed most of the city of London, at the same time has ended the plague. Mostly because the fire killed infected rats who were the carriers of the disease.
Mammoths became extinct 1,000 years after Egyptians completed the construction of the pyramids.
The tallest waterfall on Earth is Angel Falls in Venezuela. There the river Kerep falls from the height of 979 meters.
In Africa poachers kill about a hundred elephants every day.
If you multiply the number 111,111.111 with 111,111.111 you will get the number 12.345.678.987.654.321.
If a book of average size would contain all of the insect’s names, it would have about 6.000 pages, as our planet has more than 900.000 known species.
