• The Russian name Valdimir means "to rule with peace."
• The world's biggest water plant is the Amazon water lily.
• The fastest swimming mammel is the killer whale which can reach speeds up to 35 miles per hour.
• The highest mountain in the western hemiphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentia. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level.
• The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
• Most volcano eruptions last between 10-100 days.
• The Army Ant (Ecitron Burchelli) of South America, can have as many as 700,000 members in its colony.
• There were 13 couples onboard the Titanic celebrating their honeymoons.
• The koala cub stays in the mother's pouch for 5 months.
• Bees kill mor epoepl per year than even sharks or snakes.
• Approximately 1/3 of the Earth's land surface is desert.
• Butterflies use their vision and scent glands to attract and find mates.
• The cargo ship Ancon was the first vessel to go through the Panama Canal on August 15, 1914.
• Pianos are made from thousands of pieces of wood glued together to form various parts of the playing mechanism as well as the cabinet.
• American's throw away enough office and writing paper annually to build a wall 12 feet high stretching from New York to Los Angeles.
  

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The world's biggest water plant is the Amazon water lily.

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If you don't count giant kelp....

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The fastest swimming mammel is the killer whale which can reach speeds up to 35 miles per hour.

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Shouldn't that be "mammal"?

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The highest mountain in the western hemiphere is Mount Aconcagua in Argentia. It rises 22,834 feet above sea level.

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If you measure from sea level. However, if you measure from the cener of the Earth, Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the tallest mountain in the world.

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Bees kill mor epoepl per year than even sharks or snakes.

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No, I think they all kill exactly the same number of epoepl (0). Bees may kill more people, though.

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American's throw away enough office and writing paper annually to build a wall 12 feet high stretching from New York to Los Angeles.

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