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1.The Scrabble score of...
Vaporizations
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Blitzkrieg
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Zimbabwe
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Bamboozlers
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Blitzkrieg, Zimbabwe and Bamboozlers are all 26, Vaporizations is 27.
2.The number of...
Oblasts of Ukraine
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Oblasts of Bulgaria
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Oblasts of Belarus
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Oblasts of Kazakhstan
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Bulgaria has 28, Ukraine 24, Kazakhstan 17, and Belarus 6. All of these subdivisions can be called oblasts in at least one language.
3.The height of...
Chris Hemsworth
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Chris Evans
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Chris Pratt
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1.83m for Evans, 1.88 for Pratt, and 1.9 for Hemsworth.
4.The length of...
The 200m world record
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The first video uploaded to Youtube
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Me at the zoo is 18.93 seconds. Usain Bolt's 2009 record stands at 19.19 seconds.
5.The number of letters in...
The full name of the CIA
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The full name of the NSA
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The full name of the NRO
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"National Reconnaissance Office" has 28, "Central Intelligence Agency" has 25, and "National Security Agency" has 22.
6.The number of "planets" in...
1615
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2023
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1840
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1990
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1550
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6 in 1550 (no Uranus or Neptune), 8 in 2023, 10 in 1615 (no Uranus or Neptune, but with Europa, Io, Ganymede and Callisto, all moons of Jupiter), 10 in 1990 (with Pluto and Charon) and 11 in 1840 (no Neptune, but with Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta, all currently asteroids).
7.The depth of...
The Kola Superdeep Borehole
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Challenger Deep
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KSB reaches 12,289m deep from the surface. Challenger Deep gets 10,929m deep from sea level.
8.The population of...
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Roughly 10,000 red pandas are alive today, compared to around 2,000 giant pandas.
9.The number of...
Yards in a chain
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Inches in a hand
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Chains in a furlong
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Feet in a yard
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Furlongs in a mile
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Hands in a foot
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4 inches to a hand, 3 hands to a foot, 3 feet to a yard, 22 yards to a chain, 10 chains to a furlong, and 8 furlongs to a mile.
Having checked the graph I used, whoops, you're right, I misread the trend. Bolt was definitely an anomaly. Gonna get rid of that bit, I think. Thanks for the heads up.