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

Sharks have existed longer than trees.

Roman concrete contains volcanic ash that continues to strengthen over centuries, unlike modern concrete.

The sandbox tree (Hura crepitans) explodes when ripe, flinging seeds up to 45 meters at over 70 km/h.

Extremophiles have been found in conditions previously thought impossible for life — boiling hot springs, salt flats, and deep ice.

The mycorrhizal network connecting trees can transfer nutrients and chemical signals across an entire forest.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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

Lightning is hotter than the Sun.