1. Fireflies produce light using chemical energy from their food. This light is even more efficient than that of one light bulb. Other creatures possess this magic too, like the deep sea squid and glow worms. An electric eel on the other hand, does not glow, but it can provide a shock of 600 volts, that is double the 220 volts which can be safely plugged into a socket in your home. 2. One bolt of lightning has enough electricity to supply 200 000 average size homes! 3.Ever wondered why a bird does not get electrocuted sitting on a power line? That is because both feet are on one power line. As soon as a part of its wing or one foot, touches another power line, a circuit would be created flowing through the body of the bird, causing electrocution. 4.Sufficient amounts of sunlight reach the earth every minute to satisfy the entire worlds’ energy demands for a year. 5.I think it is safe to assume almost all of us have used Google numerous times. They account for about 0.013% of the worlds’ energy usage. This equals enough electricity to power 200 000 homes continuously. The energy it takes to conduct 100 searches on their website, is the equivalent of a light bulb burning for 28 minutes. 6.A refrigerator uses less energy than a Play station 3. 7.The average laptop idles at 20 watts, while a desktop computer idles at 80 watts. 8.The Statue of Liberty was the first lighthouse to use electricity in 1886. 9.Electricity can be made from wind, light, water and even animal manure. 10.It is a little known fact that only ten percent of the traditional light bulb is used for actual lighting. The other 90% of the energy creates heat. 11.During a hurricane, 50 to 200 trillion watts of heat energy are released. This is the same amount of energy as a 10 megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes. 12.South Africa was the country with the cheapest electricity in the developed world . Italy and German on the other hand, has the most expensive electricity rates in the world. 13.The speed of electricity is considered faster than any other thing in the world at 300 000 km per second. In fact, if you had a light switch in your house connected to a bulb on the moon, you could go around the world 8 times during the time it takes you to light the bulb by just turning on the switch. 14.Alessandro Volta was the one who discovered that when two strips of different metals were placed in sulphuric acid and connected to a simple wire, electricity flowed. Thus, he invented the first electric battery. 15.If a person yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days he or she would produce enough energy to heat one cup of coffee.