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3941/ There were 52 countries
involved in World War II
3942/ There is a 'cemetery town'
in California called Colma. Its ratio of dead to living people
is 750 to 1.
3943/ The most common pear world-wide
is the Bartlett. It is bell-shaped, sweet and soft with a
light green colour.
3944/ Beethoven's Fifth was the
first symphony to include trombones.
3945/ The Kodiak Grizzly Bear
is the world's largest meat-eating animal living on land.
The Kodiak can weigh up to 500 pounds more than any other
kind of bear.
3946/ Snakes do not have eyelids,
so even when they're asleep they cannot close their eyes.
They do have a protective layer of clear scales, called brille,
over their eyes.
3947/ The electric eel is the
most shocking animal on Earth - no other animal packs such
a big charge. If attacking a large prey, a nine-foot long
eel can discharge about 800 volts. One zap could stun a human.
The larger the eel, the bigger the charge.
3948/ Almonds are a member of
the peach family.
3949/ A can of Diet Coke will
float in water while a can of regular Coke sinks.
3950/ The dodo, extinct less
than 100 years after being discovered by the Dutch in 1598,
was not a prolific species. The female laid just one egg a
year.
3951/ The hippopotamus has skin
an inch-and-a-half thick; it's so solid that most bullets
cannot penetrate it.
3952/ A forfeited games in baseball
is recorded as as 9-0 score. In American Football it is recorded
as a 1-0 score.
3953/ Kite Flying is a professional
sport in Thailand.
3954/ The Hirudo leech has three
jaws with 100 teeth on each jaw - making 300 teeth in all.
3955/ Lanolin, an essential ingredient
of many expensive cosmetics, is, in its native form, a foul-smelling,
waxy, tarlike substance extracted from the fleece of sheep.
3956/ The male gypsy moth can
smell the virgin female gypsy moth from eight miles away.
3957/ The longest recorded life
span of a camel was 35 years, five months.
3958/ A species of Australian
dragonfly has been clocked at 36mph.
3959/ The Angel Falls in Venezuela
are nearly 20 times taller than Niagra Falls.
3960/ The male fox will mate
for life and, if the female dies, he remains single for the
rest of his life. However, if the male dies, the female will
hook up with a new mate.
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