Mind Blowing Facts

Squirrel won't break even if it falls from the 50th floor.

This is the Falkirk Wheel, the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world. A combination of engineering and art allows the wheel to raise boats by more than 114 feet before they sail through the sky. Situated in central Scotland, it connects the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal.

This odd-looking creature is a bird called the great eared nightjar. It has barred wings along with a barred tail and long ear-tufts that often lie flat. It is the largest species in the family and can grow up to 12 to 16 inches.

Airport runways are not numbered sequentially. They are numbered based on compass bearings in which the runway is oriented. This way, if you are on runway 9, you would be heading east 90 degrees on a compass, and if you are on runway 27, you would be heading west 270 degrees.

For 20 years, Argentina was considered one of the richest countries on Earth. However, today the country is mired in huge debts and has experienced one of the largest economic downturns in modern history.

This is gongylus gongylodes, a species of praying mantis found across Asia. It has extremely slender limbs and large appendages, and the insect sways its body and back and forth to look like a stick flowing in the wind. Because of this, it is called the wandering violin mantis.

The baby cage was invented in 1913 by Mrs. Robert C. Lafferty. It stuck out of a window like an air conditioner and the baby was placed in it to enjoy fresh air and sunshine. The idea was to allow Mom to tend to other duties while baby was out of harm's way.

This is Whang-od Oggay, a 105-year-old tattoo artist from the Philippines. She is often described as the last and oldest Kalinga tattoo artist, and has been performing the traditional art of hand-tapped tattoos since the age of 15.

Astronauts on the Apollo 11, 12 and 14 missions had to quarantine for 21 days from the time of their first encounter with lunar material, in case they had brought along harmful organisms to Earth.

The Prague Astronomical Clock, a medieval astronomical clock that is attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, was first installed in 1410. It is the world's third-oldest astronomical clock as well as the oldest clock in the world that is still in operation.