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Interesting Facts - Page 196
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The Tree of Ténéré was once considered to be the most remote tree in the world. Located in the middle of the Sahara desert in Niger, it was hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest other tree. Somehow, a drunk truck driver managed to hit it and knock it down in 1973.
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In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, the temperature almost never falls below 70°F (21°C).
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Bhutan has diplomatic relations with only 54 other countries. Andorra and Eswatini are among the 54. The United States, China, and France are not.
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If you see a platypus, give it space. Male platypuses have a venom-delivering spur on their hind legs. Though not lethal to humans, its effects have been described as "worse than being struck by shrapnel". Painful in itself, the venom also amplifies the body's ability to feel pain from other causes for weeks or months into the future.
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The Birkenstock footwear company has been around since 1774.
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Also the macron is supposed to be above the 'a' not the 'o'.
The Indian state of Uttarakhand views the Ganges and Yamuna rivers as persons,
Colombia has their Atrato River as a legal person,
Mar Menor in Spain is treated as a legal person, “legally represented by a group of citizens, scientists and officials”,
The first landform to be a legal person is Te Urewera, which is rugged hill country in New Zealand, which is the historical home of the Māori Iwi tribe called the “Tūhoe”,
The indigenous Yurok Tribe of California granted personhood to the Klamath River,
And lastly, the city of Toledo, Ohio, passed personhood rights for Lake Erie.
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(jaywalking law covers this, but not specifically, and since going across a higheay isnt allowed all of it isnt, and other laws people claim are real
In the UK it's illegal to break your neighbor's window while eating a crossont named Joe at 6:15 pm on leap day!
And if that's not interesting, i dont know what is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowley_County,_Colorado
Or add a link or something
Not only did Nibbelink basically make this movie all on his own, he also animated it entirely himself, which took four and a half years.
Despite all his efforts and a $2 million budget thanks to donations from his friends and family, the movie failed to even crack $500k at the box office.
One of the best examples of a 'passion project' I've ever seen.
Or something like that anyway
2. You can see four stages from Chicago's Willis Tower.
3. Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.
4. An adolescent mouse can fit itself into the hole of ball point.
5. The largest span between twin birth is 87 days.
6. 54 million people alive right now will be dead within 12 months.
7. You can swim through the arteries of the heart of a blue whale.
8. Cleopatra lived closer in time to first moon landing than to building of great Gaza.
Even though Frederick dying to a cricket ball may not be true, I personally still find it interesting.
The only other thing that I find notable about Frederick, Prince of Wales, is that he was the father of George III, the same guy who lost the 13 colonies to the Continental Army.
edit: i think its the official spelling, according to spanish wikipedia