- an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
- an arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people
- an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)
- an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
- an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
- an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
- an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
- an individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
- an octopus pupil is rectangular
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