It's False - Koalas do live in eucalyptus trees in Australia, but they aren't real bears - they're actually related to wombats.

It's False – It actually lasted 29 hours. It’s also worth bearing in mind that not all humans kiss each other – there are some tribes that don’t – eskimos rub their noses together instead of kissing – as do most animals.

It's False - The largest raindrops were recorded in Brazil and were a smaller, but still very respectable, 8 mm across.

It's True - The largest documented hailstone was found in September 1970 in Coffeyville. It weighed a kilogram, and measured 17.5 inches (about 45 cm) in circumference.

It's False - The sun is about 96 million miles away and light travels at about 12 million miles a minute. So sunlight reaches earth roughly 8 minutes after it leaves the sun.

It's False - The moon was caused by a planetary pile up involving the Earth and a second Mars-sized planet, notionally named Theia, which occurred not long after the Earth first formed. The resulting collision threw huge amounts of Earth's crust into orbit where it slowly aggregated to form the moon.

It's True An Australian gardener who chopped the head off a deadly brown snake with a spade got more than he bargained for when he bent down to pick up the severed head - which promptly bit him. Luckily, prompt medical action saved his life after he collapsed, moments later, in front of his wife.

It's True - Researchers in Japan studying the skeletons of macaques killed by local farmers because they were raiding their crops found that half of the monkeys had healed fractures with the males having the most. Since these monkeys rarely fight, and there were no signs of bite marks, the researchers conclude that the injuries must have been sustained by falling out of trees ! Not quite the aerial acrobats we thought they were !

It's True - Most fish have two "inner" ears with no direct fluid connection to their environment. The fish ear contains bony structures called Otoliths which are covered in tiny hairs. The difference between the motion of the fish in the water and the Otoliths stimulate the hairs and this movement is interpreted by the fish as sound.

It's True · Hyperthermia is excessive body heat which can be triggered by infections and hot climates, and certain drugs. The opposite effect - hypothermia - sets in when your body temperature falls too low, and it can kill you because the chemical reactions that power your cells slow down to such an extent that there is not enough energy being produced to keep you alive.