It's False it actually weighs a ton and a quarter (that’s imperial tons), making up a quarter of its bodyweight and is an inch and a half thick in places.

It's True - The earwig penis is longer than the earwig itself, very fragile and easily snapped off. As a result they seem to be the best prepared of all insects by packing a spare.

It's True - A lightning strike on the ground nearby can kill if it creates a big voltage difference between your feet because the electricity flows through you, as well as across the ground. Keeping your feet together reduces the chances of this happening. Cows are apparently particularly vulnerable to this effect and so should take particular care during thunderstorms !

It's False - Inks were made by extracting the tannin from oak apples (growths on oak trees caused by a parasitic wasp) and mixing it with iron sulphate (which is acidic). When the mixture comes into contact with air it oxidises to a dark brown black.

It's True - Children do grow faster in the spring than in the winter, and of course in May it's spring in England and winter down under.

It's False - Butterflies actually taste what they land on - because they have taste buds in their feet.

It's False - A blue whale's heart - which is about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and weighs one tonne - only beats nine times per minute.

It's True - Nature's colour changers have tongues capable of reaching out to snap up flies over a foot away.

It's False That’s your little finger, so called because you use it to get wax out of your ears.

It's False - The collar bone is the bone most likely to be broken - usually by people falling onto their out-stretched arm...and the wrist is actually a collection of bones.