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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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