Tsunamis can travel across entire ocean basins.

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

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

In 1814, a beer flood in London released thousands of gallons into nearby streets.

The tallest tree in the world, Hyperion (a coast redwood), stands 115.9 meters tall in California.

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

A microburst is a sudden downdraft from a thunderstorm — it can bring a plane down on approach.

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

Truffles grow only in symbiosis with specific tree roots — they cannot be cultivated reliably, keeping them expensive.