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  • Weekly Facts #28

    Legos since 1963 are made from acylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). This plastic is heated and then injected into molds. It says it will find an alternative to this plastic by 2030. The average time after you call 911 in the U.S. is 10 minutes. Often it takes longer in larger cities as it is also

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  • Weekly Facts #27

    There are five types of climate on Earth. They are tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar. The largest body of water is the Pacific Ocean with a maximum depth of 11,022 meters and area of 179,650,000 square kilometers. The second is the Atlantic Ocean with a maximum depth of 9,212 meters and area of 106,100,000

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  • Weekly Facts #26

    Shopping malls take up a lot of space around the world.  The largest shopping mall is the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. It is 2,869,000 square feet or 266,500 meters.  It has 555 stores and was built in 1992. The first lawnmower was invented by Edwin Beard Budding in 1830 in England.  It was

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  • Weekly Facts #25

    I’m a little behind in my weekly facts so two this week! Mercury poisoning is a slow process. The long terms effects can be uncontrollable shaking, numbness on the skin, double vision, memory problems, seizures, coordination issues, and in some cases death. This is also the reason to be careful about eating certain fish. Back

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  • Weekly Facts #24

    McDonald’s is not known for their healthy food. The menu item with the most calories seems to be the large triple thick raspberry milkshake at 1,090 calories although if you eat anything in large portions, it will pack a bunch of calories. The breakfast meals, frappes, and large orders of any menu item will put

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  • Weekly Facts #23

    It takes about 75,000 crocus flowers or Crocus sativus to produce one pound of saffron. It is the most expensive spice in the world by weight. Beer is any fermented beverage made with cereal grain. It basically had four ingredients of grain (barley malt), hops (flower cones), yeast, and water. Water makes up about 95%

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  • Weekly Facts #22

    Humps on camels are fatty tissue and despite their tall height, are used to carry people and cargo.  Most camels only have one hump, but two humped camels do exist.  They use the fatty humps when food is scarce and can go without water if needed for weeks. The longest game of chess that is

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  • Weekly Facts #21

    The longest a human has held his or her breath under water is Aleix Segura Vendrell.  As a professional free diver, he held his breath for 24:03 in February 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest planetary mountain in the solar system since 1971 when it was discovered.  It is around

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  • Weekly Facts #20

    The gaming franchise to earn the most money is Mario.  It is owned by Nintendo and has earned an estimated 32.4 billion dollars as of 2019. Q is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any state in the United States. Some cheese, jerky, peanut butter, oatmeal, salad dressing, margarine, pickles, yogurt, popcorn, protein bars,

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  • Weekly Facts #19

    The Hollywoodland Sign was built in 1923 and originally cost $21,000.   The letters were 30 feet wide and 50 feet tall.  It was lit by 4,000 light bulbs.  The “land” was removed in 1945 and the old letters were replaced with steel letters in 1978.  The donors included Terrence Donnelly, Giovanni Mazza, Les Kelley, Gene

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  • Weekly Facts #18

    The world’s largest pyramid is in Cholula de Rivadabia, Puebla, Mexico.  It is called the Great Pyramid of Cholula or Tlachihualtepetla.  It stands 55 meters or 180 feet and  measures 450 by 450 meters  or 1,480 by 1,480 feet. The pyramid has been viewed being dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl. MIT, Harvard, and Beth Israel

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  • Weekly Facts #17

      Game of Thrones fans passed character names onto their own children with the most popular names being Arya, Khalessi, Daenerys, and Yara.  The male names were less popular of Tyrion, Jorah, Theon, and Jaime.       The United States is responsible for 12% of all waste with 4% of the global population.  On

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  • Weekly Facts #16

    There are basically three types of lightning.  One is the intracloud (IC) that occurs within a single thundercloud unit.  Two is the cloud to cloud or intercloud (CC) that starts and ends between two different thundercloud units.  Three is cloud to ground (CG), that originates in the thundercloud and terminates on an Earth surface. The

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