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The blue whale is the loudest animal on earth. A blue whale call can travel hundreds of miles across the water, and it is louder than an F18 jet fighter.
Alaska sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the most seismically active area in the world. There are an estimated 4,000 earthquakes each year in Alaska, more than all other 49 states combined.
Lions have loudest roar of any cat, which can be heard up to five miles away. They are the only big cat to live in large groups.
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All the people in the world standing shoulder to shoulder would take up only 500 square miles (1300 square kilometers). That's just slightly bigger than the size of the city of Los Angeles.
The average resting adult consumes about the same amount of energy as a 100 watt light bulb; that's more than 600 AA batteries per day.
The biggest pillow fight ever recorded involved 3800 people and tens of thousands of pillows. It took place in Chicago at the 2013 Dada Life concert.
Sonkajärvi, Finland is home to the Wife Carrying World Champtionship. Husbands have to carry their wives through obstacle courses as fast as possible. Single men may use their neighbor's wife.
Oulu, Finland is home to the Air Guitar World Championship in which participants are judged on how well they fake playing the guitar, without actually holding a guitar in their hand.
The term 'soap opera' was given because these shows were originally sponsored by soap manufacturing companies. The first soap opera aired in 1930.
Driving on the left side of the road originates from the middle ages, when people held a sword in their right hand. To defend yourself against a possible enemy, the opposite traffic was on your right.
Calaveras County (California, USA) is home to the yearly frog long jump competition. The longest jumping frog receives a $5000 prize as well as a plaque in the Frog Hop of Fame.
The coldest inhabited place on earth is Oymyakon, Russia. Cars will not start once turned off and glasses will freeze to your face!
The Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is the tallest structure on our planet, measuring 2716 feet (828 meters). Alain Robert (a.k.a "The Spider Man") climbed the tower on the outside in six hours.
Historically, people in Europe used frogs to predict rain or bad weather. The European Tree Frog is an example of a primitive living barometer. The frog starts croaking when the air pressure changes.
Panels of pure copper make up the skin of the Statue of Liberty. The copper turned green over time due to oxidation.
"Lead" pencils don't actually contain any lead. The core is made out of graphite, a form of carbon that was mistakenly thought to be a type of lead when it was discovered in the 16th century.
