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THE
ASIAN
WEAVER ANT CAN HOLD OBJECTS
100 TIMES
ITS WEIGHT—
WHILE HANGING
UPSIDE DOWN!
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ears
The of the
long-eared
jerboa, a nocturnal rodent,
are two-thirds the size of
its body.
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RED DROPS
E AS YOUR FIN U Q GE NI
THAT SECRETES
EYE—IS A SU OUR FY
FUNGUS
LORED PA R E CO T TH O
THERE’S A
T. YOUR IRI RIN S— P R
BEFORE THE
THAT LOOK LIKE
DWARF PLANET MAKEMAKE WAS
BLOOD.
SCIENTISTS CALLED IT “EASTERBUNNY.”
OFFICIALLY NAMED,
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PANDAS
eat AS MUCH AS
36OFpounds (16 kg)
bamboo every day— THAT’S AS HEAVY AS
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THE WORLD’S
LARGEST WIND TURBINE HAS BLADES
THE SIZE OF A
COMMERCIAL
JET.
SOME ANCIENT ROMANS RUBBED
Hatshepsut, the first female
pharaoh Egypt, of
wore
red and black nail polish.
ON THEIR FACES TO SOFTEN THEIR SKIN.
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For 213 years it was
illegal for
women to wear
pants in
Paris– luckily the law was never really enforced.
You’ll never see a full moon and the sun in the sky at the same time.
THE JUICE OF
ONE
CHILI PEPPER
TYPE OF CAN
BURN THROUGH A
LATEX GLOVE.
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