The tallest mountain on earth is under the ocean: Mauna Kea in Hawaii is 10,200 metres (33,465 ft) high. Mount Everest is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) high.
There is no record of a person being killed by a meteorite but animals are occasionally hit.
The Dead Sea is 365 m (1,200 ft) below sea level.
A storm officially becomes a hurricane when cyclone winds reach 119 km/h (74 mph).
