It's False - The average pencil can draw a line 35 miles long !

It's False - Otoscopes are used to look into your ears to see your ear drum.

It's False - it's actually the BeauFORT scale that's used to measure the strength of the wind.

It's True - In one second a jet, travelling at the speed of sound (MACH 1) covers about 100 times its length. A fly achieves up to 300 body-lengths a second, making it 3 times faster than a jet, relatively speaking !

It's False - Fires won't burn properly without gravity. On earth heat rises carrying hot waste gases away from a fire and allowing fresh oxygen into the base to keep things burning. But in space, under microgravity conditions, there is no up or down so all of the waste gases from a fire accumulate around the thing that's burning, choking its air supply and putting it out.

It's False – you can easily see 93 million miles – which is how far away the sun is from Earth

It's False – toothpaste contains fluoride which protects your teeth against decay.

It's True - The Logitech io contains real ink and writes normally but also reads what you write and stores up to 40 pages in memory which can be transferred to a computer where software converts it into computer-readable text. Not guaranteed for doctors use though !

It's True – the basking shark is a frequent visitor to British Waters.

It's False - Contrary to their reputation for being very wise, most of an owl's head is taken up by its large eyes. The brain is actually very small and these animals probably rank amongst the least clever of all birds.