Interesting Facts

Flatulence from about 90 dairy cattle caused a huge methane explosion at a barn in Rasdorf, in Germany. (The barn held about 90 cows, and the methane built up for unknown reasons. Police said it was probably ignited by a static discharge, exploding in a darting flame. The roof was damaged and one cow was slightly injured. +april sis - No one could blame this one on Laika.)

According to scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1,000 tonnes of diamonds a year are being created on Saturn. (These diamonds, which are big enough to be worn as jewellery, could be raining down on Saturn and Jupiter. Seemingly, lightning storms turn methane into soot (carbon) which, as it falls, hardens into chunks of graphite and then diamond. And you just thought it was a rock.  Remember - rock is slang for a diamond or other gemstone.)