The largest amphibian in the world is the rare Japanese giant salamander, which grows to five feet in length.

The largest crocodiles can grow to lengths of 25 feet and weigh over 2,000 pounds, although crocodiles this large are rare.

The turtle has two shell parts: the carapace and the plastron.

The horned lizard can squirt blood from its eyes as a defense against predators.

Only 250 of the over 3,000 species of snakes are venomous.

The fastest known speed of any snake is that of the African black mamba, which can move at seven miles per hour or faster, but only for a short distance.

There are more varieties of bony fish than there are varieties of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds combined.

The Chunnel is a 31-mile-long tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel linking Great Britain and France.

The largest bird in the world is the ostrich.

Most birds have air-filled bones which are strengthened by tiny cross ribs from within.

Queen Victoria ruled England for almost 64 years.

Robert Raikes is known as the "Father of the Sunday School Movement."

Robert Hooke was the first man to see a living cell.

Sir Frances Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world.

Miles Coverdale published the first printed version of the entire Bible.

The largest hailstone recorded weighed almost 2 pounds and measured six inches across.

Mountains cover 70 percent of Albania.

Sea fog forms when warm air moves over cold water.

Due to the puffy, stacked appearance of the cloud in question, it is named "cumulus" after the same word, meaning "heap" or "pile."

John Wycliffe was the first man to translate the Bible into English.