The longest passenger plane in the world is the Boeing 747-8I. It is 76.3m (250ft) long.
The jet wash of Boeing 747 taking off is strong enough to flip over a school bus, taxi cab, and a small plane.
The fastest plane in the world is NASA's Boeing X-43A Scramjet, flying in the record books at a speed of Mach 9.6, or 7,350 mph (11,760 km/h).
The largest building in the world is the Boeing building in Washington state. It is used to assemble planes, and is so large that Disneyland could fit inside.
The highest flying bird in the world is the Ruppell's Griffon vulture. It has been spotted flying at 37,000 feet, an altitude that only the most sophisticated jet planes can reach.
Monarch butterflies migrate every winter by flying more than 2500 miles, from Canada's side of Lake Huron, all the way down to Mexico. How they navigate is still an unsolved mystery.
The flying car Terrafugia can convert into plane mode in less than a minute. It's expected to start selling in 2016.
If you thought hotels made of ice are strange, JumboStay offers accommodations in a real Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. The hotel boasts 33 rooms, including a double bed suite in the cockpit.
More than 1.5 million seeds of various plants from around the world are stored at the Svalbard global seed vault in Norway. To ensure the safety of the seeds, it was built inside a tunnel carved under a mountain.
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