The Catatumbo Lightning in Venezuela produces lightning nearly 300 nights per year at the mouth of the Catatumbo River.

There is enough gold inside Earth to coat the entire planet’s surface.

Certain plants use thorns to reduce grazing pressure.

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

The Fibonacci sequence appears throughout nature — in pinecones, sunflowers, and spiral galaxies.

Bananas are naturally radioactive due to potassium.

The world's most expensive coffee, Kopi Luwak, is made from beans eaten and excreted by civets.

Water is the only common substance on Earth that naturally exists in all three states — solid, liquid, and gas — at everyday temperatures.

The Amazon River discharges more fresh water into the ocean than the next seven largest rivers combined.