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361/ An eight-million year old alligator fossil found in the Amazon was 12 metres long and weighed 18 tonnes.

362/ Certain Chinese and American alligators can survive the winter by freezing their heads in ice, leaving their nose out to breath for months on end.

363/ There are an estimated five million, trillion, trillion bacteria on Earth.

364/ Greg Rusedski's tennis serve clocks in at an impressive 149mph.

365/ There are more cars than people in Los Angeles, California.

366/ Mosquitoes prefer to bite people who have just eaten a banana.

367/ The wingspan of the Indonesian fruitbat equals the height of filmstar Sylvester Stallone.

368/ The first colour photograph of an eclipse of the Sun was taken in 1937 using a 14 inch telescope.

369/ Cheetahs, the fastest land mammals, are capable of speeds up to 65 miles per hour.

370/ On average there are a million Earth tremors each year.

371/ In 1902 Mount Pelee, Martinique, erupted and killed 30,000 people in minutes. The only survivors were prisoners locked in a dungeon.

372/ The base of the baobab tree can store up to 25,000 gallons of water.

373/ The oldest oak tree in the US is 1,500 years old and its branches span over 160 feet.

374/ The saddleback tortoise has evolved a long neck and an arched shell in order to reach leaves a staggering 5 feet above the ground.

375/ The first transistor was the size of a golfball. Today millions can be packed into the size of a postage stamp.

376/ An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

377/ Grand Prix racing motorbikes can accelerate from 0-60mph in 2.7 seconds.

378/ A digital watch has an average of over half a million transistors in its microchips.

379/ In 1900 the average western life span was just 47 years.

380/ 50% of all Americans are officially overweight.

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