21. IT WOULD TAKE 100 EARTHS, LINED UP END-TO-END, TO STRETCH ACROSS THE FACE OF THE SUN.
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22. LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF ANTARCTICA IS ICE-FREE.
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23. THE HIGHEST WAVE EVER SURFED WAS AS TALL AS A 10-STORY BUILDING.
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24. THE BEAGLE BRIGADE, USED IN 21 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN THE U.S., KEEPS A YEARLY AVERAGE OF 75,000 ILLEGAL ITEMS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
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25. SOME APPLES CAN WEIGH ABOUT AS MUCH AS A HALF GALLON (2L) OF MILK.
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26. CORN IS GROWN ON EVERY CONTINENT EXCEPT ANTARCTICA.
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27. UNLIKE MOST FISH, SEAHORSES ARE COVERED IN BONY PLATES INSTEAD OF SCALES.
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28. YOU LOSE ABOUT 50 TO 100 HAIRS A DAY.
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29. "ARMADILLO" IS A SPANISH WORD MEANING "LITTLE ARMORED ONE."
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30. THE WORLD'S SMALLEST FRUIT—A UTRICLE—IS THE SIZE OF A SMALL ANT.
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31. NEW JERSEY HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOPPING MALLS.
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32. KOMODO DRAGONS CAN DEVOUR 5 POUNDS (2 KG) OF MEAT IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. ANY EXTRA FAT THEY EAT IS STORED IN THEIR TAILS.
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33. NOT ALL MOONS ARE DRY AND DUSTY LIKE OURS. JUPITER'S EUROPA HAS A LIQUID OCEAN UNDER AN ICY CRUST.
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34. SOME VIKING CHIEFS WERE BURIED INSIDE THEIR SHIPS.
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35. AT ANY MOMENT, CLOUDS COVER ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF EARTH.
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36. ALL APES LAUGH WHEN THEY ARE TICKLED.
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37. SPOTTED HYENAS CAN DIGEST SKIN AND BONES.
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38. THE QUILLS ON AFRICAN PORCUPINES ARE AS LONG AS 3 PENCILS.
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39. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO DREAM ABOUT AN ACTIVITY WILL ACTUALLY GET BETTER AT IT IN REAL LIFE.
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40. YOUR HAIR CONTAINS TRACES OF GOLD.
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