Nobody knows how old the Grand Canyon is.

Over the last 10,000 years Niagara Falls has moved seven miles upstream.

During its restoration in 1982, the Statue of Liberty’s head was accidentally installed two feet off-centre.

88% of working adults in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have a bank account.

The first ever webcam was in the computer lab at Cambridge University. It was trained on the coffee pot in the corridor to save the scientists making pointless trips when it had run out.

Oxford University was over 300 years old when the Aztec Empire was founded.

Emperor penguins can dive deeper than the height of the Empire State Building.

Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.

The Savannah is a cross between a serval and a domestic house cat – You can own one as a pet in certain states.

10 of the tributaries flowing into the Amazon river are as big as the Mississippi river.

Fewer people have ever been in space than climbed Mount Everest last year.

Amazon offers its employees up to US$5,000 to quit their jobs – They do this to ensure that their employees really want to work there.