The smallest mammal is the Bumblebee Bat of Thailand which weights under 2g.

The smallest mammal is the Etruscan shrew whose length is under 5cm.

The electric eel of South America kills its prey by stunning it with an electric shock. It can discharge 500 volts of electricity into its victim, enough to kill a person.

The sound of a howler monkeys can be heard 4 km away.

The kangaroo rat never needs to drink water. It lives in desert. It can make some of its food into water inside its body.

The most famous playwright is William Shakespeare. He wrote 38 plays and no one knows how many times the have been performed since he wrote them 400 years ago.

The world's largest published book was unveiled on 15 December, 2003 in New York. Entitled Bhutan the book weights 60.3 kg, has 114 full colour pages and is 5x7 ft when opened.

Dr James T. Clack of Alabama (USA) treated patients even though he himself was blind.

Bobby Walthour is a marathon bicycle racer. He was twice declared dead during a 0 day race. But he recovered and continued to complete.

Fritz Meng of Germany built a violin out of 8000 matchsticks.