nature facts

»   More than 71 million gallons of water pass over Victoria Falls in Africa every minute.

»   The greatest snowfall in the world belongs to Mount Rainer in Washington, for the 1971-1972 season. During that time it accumulated 1,224 inches of snow.

»   More than 75 million people are estimated to have been killed by earthquakes in the history of our planet.

»   The Gulf Stream travels 111 miles across the Atlantic Ocean each day.

»   Morning glory seeds are poisonous, and can be fatal if eaten in large amounts.

»   The guppy gets its name from the man who discovered it and presented specimens to the British Museum, naturalist R. J. L. Guppy of Trinidad.

»   Most dangerous of all avalanches, snow avalanches occur about a million times a year.

»   The heaviest hailstones on record, weighing 2¼ pounds, are reported to have killed 92 people in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on April 14, 1986.