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CHECK OUT THE BOOK! LAID END TO END, THE iPHONES AND iPADS SOLD IN A YEAR WOULD STRETCH HALFWAY AROUND EARTH. Before every MAJOR-LEAGUE GAME, each baseball gets rubbed down with mud. Some CHICKENS are born half male, half female. THERE ARE NO RIVERS IN SAUDI ARABIA. ANTS AS BIG AS THIS TOY CAR ONCE MARCHED ON EARTH. One kind of fruit is named “STINKING TOE.” Prehistoric humans chewed tree resin as chewing gum. THE MOON can look RED during a lunar ECLIPSE.…
THOUSANDS GO GREEN What’s big, green, and really loves the planet? The world’s largest human recycling logo! The logo—which measured 69 feet across, or larger than the width of a basketball court—was created by 3,373 people in Chennai, India. Each participant wore a green T-shirt and hat for the record. That’s one way to keep Earth green. GIANT SNAIL Don’t worry about accidentally stepping on this gastropod—measuring 1 foot 3.4 inches from snout to tail when fully extended, the African giant snail is hard to miss. (That’s the length of an average-size scooter.) The species holds the record for largest land snail, weighing in at nearly two pounds. Native to East Africa, these snails move as slowly as most other snail species: about 0.002 miles an hour. MAN FLIES OVER WATER! Look out…
Cave Hotel YUNAK EVLERI HOTEL WHERE Cappadocia region, Turkey HOW MUCH About $160 to $220 a night WHY IT’S COOL Here’s a hotel that really rocks. The Yunak Evleri is built into caves left by volcanic activity 10 million years ago. Follow narrow passageways and stone stairs to rooms that are a cool 57°F. Spend the day hiking rocky terrain, exploring caverns, or hotair ballooning over “fairy chimneys”—tall rock formations that dot the skyline. At night you won’t have to worry about being awakened by eruptions since the Cappadocia volcanoes are now dormant. So they’re “sleeping,” too! COOL THINGS ABOUT TURKEY Dating from A.D. 537, the famous Hagia Sophia was built as a church, turned into a mosque, and is now a museum. Early Turkish settlers once lived in the…
1 The energy from lightning strikes can create nutrients in soil, helping plants grow. 2 A tornado once traveled 219 miles from Missouri to Indiana in 3.5 hours. 3 At about the same time every day from September to December, a thunderstorm called Hector the Convector breaks out over Australia’s Tiwi Islands. 4 The smell in the air after it rains has a name: petrichor. 5 The largest hailstones can fall faster than a cheetah can run. 6 Virga, also known as phantom rain, is rain that falls from the sky but evaporates before it hits the ground. 7 Before the 1800s, many Europeans thought that ringing church bells could prevent lightning strikes.…
IT’S ESTIMATED THAT A NEW WORD IS CREATED EVERY 98 MINUTES. “SWIMS” IS STILL “SWIMS” EVEN WHEN YOU TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN. “MONTH,” “PURPLE,” AND “WALRUS” DON’T RHYME WITH ANY OTHER ENGLISH WORDS. WEBSTER’S ONCE PUBLISHED A DICTIONARY ACCIDENTALLY FEATURING THE MADE-UP WORD “DORD.” CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda Cats might not have nine lives, but Jacob comes close. The six-year-old African lion has been trapped in a poacher’s snare, poisoned by other poachers, and even gored by a buffalo or warthog. Then he lost his foot after being caught in another trap. But Jacob’s ability to survive proves just how strong lions can be. After treating Jacob’s wound, veterinarians with the Uganda Wildlife Authority worried he wouldn’t be able to get back to normal lion life. Turns out, Jacob’s doing just fine getting around on three paws. He can even climb trees and join his pride on hunts. “It just shows that if these animals are given half a chance to continue, they can squeeze out an existence, and that’s pretty amazing,” says…
