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Salmon can jump vertically up to 3.6 meters (12 feet). To get back to their birthplace and reproduce, they sometimes jump over small dams and even waterfalls.
The South American Pudu deer is the smallest deer in the world. It measures 60 to 80 cm (23-31 inches) long. It's the only deer that can climb the trees.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is named after Colonel sir George Everest first geographer to survey India.
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There are an average of 44,000 thunderstorms on earth every day. 16 million per year.
Adult camels can drink 30 gallons (113 liters) of water in just 13 minutes.
According to the World Health Organization, 7 million people died prematurely due to air pollution in 2012.
In 1981, the people of Naphlion, Greece were stunned at the sight of frogs falling from the sky. The tiny critters were carried by strong winds all the way from North Africa, more than 1,000 miles away.
In 1940, the town of Gorky, Russia received a rain shower of more than 1,000 14th century silver coins. It's thought that a tornado picked up a treasure chest and rained it down the small town.
Very small raindrops look like a sphere; bigger ones look like the top of a hamburger bun.
Of the 1,000 active volcanoes on Earth, only 30 of them are known to erupt.
Earth's tectonic plates move slowly. Some move as fast as human fingernails grow (1 inch/year), while others may move up to 3 times faster.
If you thought hotels made of ice are strange, JumboStay offers accommodations in a real Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. The hotel boasts 33 rooms, including a double bed suite in the cockpit.
The strongest of lightning bolts produce electromagnetic waves that can be detected anywhere on Earth. The waves can travel completely around the earth two to three times before dissipating.
Lightning bolts on Earth may get as hot as 53,540 degrees Fahrenheit; that's more than four times hotter than the surface of the sun.
Lightning bolts strike Earth about 8 million times every 24 hours. That's around 100 lighting strikes each second.
The largest creature to ever fly above our earth was the Quetzalcoatlus. It's wingspan was 50 feet (16m).
