It's True - The hotness of chillis is measured in Scoville Units. The substance in chilli that makes them hot and spicy is a chemical called capsaicin. The more capsaicin that's present, the more scoville units in a chilli !

It's True - The Earth is about 100 million miles away from the sun which means that each year, during which we complete one orbit, we travel about 600 million miles through space. That's about 12 million miles a week or 60,000 miles an hour - pretty nippy !

It's True - Hedgehogs, under ideal conditions rather than under cars, can live for up to 14 years.

It's False - They were earth, fire, wind and water.

It's True - Ostrich's are not known for their intellect, and their eyes are not that large either !

It's True And of thoes only about 26 have been tested and half of them cause cancers in rats!

It's False - The highest mountain in the world is not Everest, it is Chimborazo in Ecuador. Everest is the highest above sea level, true, but Chimborazo (at only 20,700 feet) is actually the farthest from the centre of the earth by some 2150m, making it, strictly speaking, the highest mountain!

It's False - It was Edward Jenner who discovered how to use a viral relative called cowpox to vaccinate people against smallpox. In fact that's why vaccines are known as vaccines - because another name for cowpox is vaccinia. Pasteur, meanwhile, discovered how to vaccinate people against rabies.

It's True – the friction generated by the air heats the outside of the shuttle to a scorching 2200 degrees Fahrenheit, which is why it needs special protective tiles.

It's False - "Fragrant Flower" the python measures 48.5 feet or 14.85 metres from head to tail.