Titan arum, the corpse flower, has the largest unbranched inflorescence (flower cluster) of any plant.

Lightning is hotter than the Sun.

Trees in a drought will 'talk' to each other through chemical signals in the soil, triggering defensive responses in nearby trees.

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

Lightning can strike more than once in the same place.

Tsunamis can travel across entire ocean basins.

The world's largest musical instrument is the Stalacpipe Organ in Luray Caverns, Virginia — it uses stalactites as keys.

A bolt of lightning is only about as wide as a thumb — the bright flash makes it appear much wider.

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