Did you know that the world's hottest place is not in the Sahara Desert, but in Death Valley, California. The highest recorded temperature there was 130 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius) in 1913?

 

1. Did you know that the population of the earth is about 8 billion people, but there are an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) ants alive at any given time! That means for every human on Earth, there are about 1.25 million ants.?

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   Ants colony

2. Did you know that the world's quietest room is located at the Microsoft headquarters in Washington state. It's so quiet that you can actually hear your own heartbeat? This room is designed to test audio equipment and is anechoic, meaning it absorbs almost all sound waves.

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   Microsoft anechoic chamber

3. Did you know that the world's hottest place is not in the Sahara Desert, but in Death Valley, California. The highest recorded temperature there was 130 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius) in 1913? The extreme heat is caused by a combination of factors, including low elevation, lack of rainfall, and clear skies.

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   Death Valley

4. Did you know that the world's largest living organism is a giant fungus that covers 2,385 acres (968 hectares) of forest in Oregon?

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   Giant fungus in Oregon   
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