A single colony of leafcutter ants can strip an entire tree of leaves overnight.

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

The deepest living tree roots ever recorded extended 68 meters — found in Echo Caves in South Africa.

A sneeze travels faster than a Category 1 hurricane.

The Tonga volcanic eruption in 2022 was the most powerful explosion recorded in the modern era.

Lightning strikes Earth about 100 times per second — producing 44 billion bolts per year.

Your lifetime odds of being struck by lightning are about 1 in 15,000.

Ice storms coat everything in ice up to several centimeters thick — toppling trees, power lines, and buildings.

Flaxseed is the richest plant source of ALA omega-3 — and the richest source of lignans, which have hormonal effects.