The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 sent a wave of molasses through Boston streets.

A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.

Tahini, made from sesame seeds, contains more calcium per tablespoon than a glass of milk.

Lichens are not a single organism — they are a symbiotic partnership between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria.

Cyclones, typhoons, and hurricanes are all the same phenomenon — named differently depending on the ocean they form in.

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s turned 400,000 square km of US farmland into desert through drought and poor farming practices.

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

The touch-me-not plant (Mimosa pudica) closes its leaves when touched and remembers the stimulus for weeks.

The rainbow eucalyptus tree naturally sheds bark in patches, revealing bright green, blue, purple, and orange layers beneath.