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The African elephant, Loxodonta Africana, has the longest known gestation period of all mammals. These elephants carry their babies in the womb for around 660 days or 22 months. Camels and giraffes also carry their babies for a long time – about 400 days for both animals.
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A baby swan is called a cygnet, and the name of the constellation Cygnus is from the Latin word for swan.
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The first modern coin-operated vending machines were invented by Percival Everitt in 1833. They were first introduced in London in the United Kingdom in the early 1880s, dispensing post cards. The machines were popular and soon became a widespread feature at railway stations and post offices.
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The oldest amusement park is in Denmark. Bakken, located in Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, opened in 1583 and is currently the oldest operating amusement park in the world. The park claims to have over 150 attractions, including a wooden roller coaster built in 1932.
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Contrary to what you might think, the cranium isn’t made out of just one bone. The human skull consists of twenty-two bones – eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. Except for the jaw, all of these bones are fused together by sutures (immovable joints), hence they tend to act as one.
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Eric Clapton holds the record for the most inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was first inducted as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992, then with Cream in 1993, and finally as a solo artist in 2000.
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New Jersey and Oregon are the only U.S. states that ban self-service gas stations. These laws were seemingly made to protect customers from deadly accidents, but their effectiveness is disputed.
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Pumpkins aren’t the first vegetable to have been carved. Long before carving pumpkins became popular, the Celtic people of Ireland carved turnips and lit them with embers to ward off evil spirits, a practise that’s the root of modern pumpkin carving today.
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The Statue of Liberty is a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom. She bears a torch and a tablet, upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4 1776.
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The elephant’s closest relative looks like a guinea pig. The rock hyrax is a small, furry, rat-like mammal that lives in rocky landscapes across sub-Saharan Africa and along the coast of the Arab peninsula. Elephants and rock hyraxes share common features like having two tusks and nails instead of claws, but their closest common ancestor […]
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