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161/ The Atlantic Ocean increases
in width by 3cms each year.
162/ A cat flea can reach
a height of 13.4 inches in a single jump.
163/ An adult Colombian poison-arrow
frog has enough poison to kill 1,000 humans.
164/ Spiders may live for
weeks without food.
165/ Earthworms have five
pairs of hearts, close to the fronts of their bodies.
166/ In a lifetime, a human
heart pumps enough blood to fill 100 swimming pools.
167/ A dragonfly can spot
an insect moving 33ft away.
168/ The first credit
card was issued in 1951 when Diners Club issued the card
to 200 customers who could use it in 27 restaurants in New
York.
169/ The first television
weather chart was broadcast in Britain on 11th Nov 1936.
170/ Venus shines brightly
because its thick cloud layer reflects sunlight.
171/ A conifer grows male
and female cones.
172/ The Tallipot palm takes
100 years to flower and then dies.
173/ The giant African land
snail can grow up to 15.4 inches from head to tail.
174/ Hydroelectricity supplies
3% of the world's energy needs.
175/ Britain's Millennium
Dome is more than double the size of any other dome.
176/ 3 planets orbit the star
Upsilon Andromedae, 44 light years away.
177/ A wolf can run at 40mph
in short bursts.
178/ Grey wolves became extinct
in England in 1486.
179/ By 85 a human will have
walked at least 100,000 miles.
180/ Men's bones stop growing
around age 21.
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