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-This list of facts was created by asking the Google Gemini AI
+These facts were created with Gemini AI
 Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape
-Blue whales are filter feeders that eat krill
-Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth
 Blue whales can weigh as much as 33 elephants
-Cardiac muscle is found only in the heart
-Cartilage is a soft, flexible tissue that is found in the joints
-Comets are made of ice, dust, and rock
-DNA is a double helix structure
-DNA is made up of nucleotides, which contain adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine
 Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars other than our Sun
-Fossil fuels are fuels formed from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals
-Fungi are a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms
-Hair and nails are made of keratin, a protein
-Hummingbirds are the only birds that can hover
-Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world
-Hummingbirds can flap their wings up to 80 times per second
-Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system
-Koalas are exclusively found in Australia
-Koalas are marsupials native to Australia
 Koalas sleep for an average of 22 hours per day
-Mars is often called the "Red Planet"
-Meteorites are meteors that reach Earth's surface
-Meteors are objects that enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up
-Mount Everest is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet
-Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest
-Mount Everest is over 29,000 feet tall
-Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, reaching 8,848 meters
-Mount Everest was first climbed in 1953
-Nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space
-Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun
-Octopuses are highly intelligent creatures
 Octopuses have three hearts and nine brains
-Platelets help to clot blood
 Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006
 Quasars are extremely bright objects that are powered by supermassive black holes
-Red blood cells contain haemoglobin, which carries oxygen
-RNA is a type of nucleic acid that is involved in protein synthesis
-Smooth muscles are found in the walls of organs and blood vessels
-Supernovae are powerful explosions of dying stars
-Synapses are the gaps between neurons
 Synthetic biology is the design and construction of biological systems
-The alveoli are tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place
-The Amazon Rainforest covers about 40% of South America
-The Amazon Rainforest is home to more than 10 million species of plants and animals
-The Amazon Rainforest is home to the Amazon River, the second-longest river in the world
-The Amazon Rainforest is home to the largest number of animal species in the world
-The Amazon Rainforest is home to the largest number of plant species in the world
-The Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world
 The Amazon Rainforest produces more than 20% of the world's oxygen
 The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way
-The Arteries carry blood away from the heart
-The Beatles are considered one of the most influential bands in music history.
-The Beatles were formed in Liverpool, England
-The bones are made of bone tissue, which is a hard, mineralized tissue
-The bones provide structure and support for the body
-The brain is divided into the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem
-The brain is the most complex organ in the human body
-The brainstem controls basic life functions such as breathing and heart rate
-The bronchi are two tubes that branch off from the trachea and lead to the lungs
-The bronchioles are smaller tubes that branch off from the bronchi
-The capillaries are tiny blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
-The cerebellum is responsible for balance and coordination
-The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for thought, feeling, and movement
-The circulatory system transports blood throughout the body
-The Colosseum could hold up to 80,000 spectators
-The Colosseum was built in the first century AD
 The Colosseum was damaged by an earthquake in 847 AD
-The Colosseum was once a stadium for gladiatorial contests
-The Colosseum was used for public executions in the Middle Ages
 The Drake equation estimates the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy
-The Eiffel Tower is 330 meters tall
-The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower
-The Eiffel Tower is the tallest structure in Paris
-The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair
 The Eiffel Tower was originally intended to be a temporary structure
-The endocrine system regulates hormone production
 The Fermi Paradox is the question of why we haven't found evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations yet
-The Forbidden City is now a museum
-The Forbidden City was built in the 15th century
 The Forbidden City was built to protect the emperor from his enemies
-The Forbidden City was home to Chinese emperors until 1912
-The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of China for centuries
-The Gallbladder stores bile, which helps to break down fats
-The Grand Canyon is over 277 miles long
-The Grand Canyon is over a mile deep in some places
 The Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years by the Colorado River
-The Great Barrier Reef is home to over 1,500 species of fish
-The Great Barrier Reef is home to the largest number of coral species in the world
 The Great Barrier Reef is made up of over 2,900 individual reefs
-The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth
-The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 miles long
-The Great Wall of China is visible from space
-The Great Wall of China was built over a period of 2,000 years
-The human brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons
-The human brain is more complex than any computer
-The hypodermis is the innermost layer of the skin
-The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain
-The Industrial Revolution led to the rise of urbanization and industrialization
-The integumentary system is the skin and its appendages
-The Large Hadron Collider is located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland
-The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest particle accelerator
 The Large Hadron Collider was used to discover the Higgs boson
-The liver filters toxins from the blood
-The lymphatic system helps to fight infection
-The lymphatic system is also known as the immune system
-The Mariana Trench is home to the Challenger Deep
 The Mariana Trench is home to unique deep-sea creatures
-The Mariana Trench is over 10,000 meters deep
-The Mayan civilization was highly advanced in astronomy and mathematics
 The Mayan civilization was known for its advanced calendar system
-The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy that contains our solar system
 The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows
-The Mona Lisa is a famous portrait painting of Lisa del Giocondo
-The Mona Lisa is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris
-The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci
-The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan
 The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history
-The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite
-The Nile River flows through 11 countries
-The Nile River is the longest river in the world
-The Nile River is the main source of water for Egypt
-The pancreas produces insulin and glucagon, which regulate blood sugar levels
-The periodic table organizes the elements based on their atomic number and properties
 The periodic table was created by Dmitri Mendeleev
-The Pyramids of Giza are the largest ancient structures in the world
-The Pyramids of Giza are the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
 The Pyramids of Giza are the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still stands
-The Pyramids of Giza were built over 4,500 years ago
-The Renaissance saw the rise of humanism and individualism
-The Roman Empire at its peak stretched from Britain to North Africa
-The Roman Empire was conquered by Germanic tribes
 The Rubik's Cube has over 43 quintillion possible combinations
-The Rubik's Cube was invented in Hungary
-The Sahara Desert is about the size of the United States
-The Sahara Desert is home to the world's largest sand dunes
-The Sahara Desert is the driest place on Earth
-The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world by area
 The Sahara Desert was once a lush, green landscape
-The skin is made of three layers: the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis
-The skin is the largest organ in the human body
-The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 300,000 kilometers per second
 The speed of light is a constant in the universe
-The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom and democracy
-The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States
-The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886
-The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
 The Statue of Liberty was designed to represent the goddess Libertas
-The Sun is a giant ball of plasma
-The Super Bowl is typically held in a major U.S. city
-The Super Bowl is typically held on the first Sunday of February
-The Taj Mahal is made of white marble
-The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
-The Taj Mahal was built to honor Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Shah Jahan
-The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean
-The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912
 The Titanic was the largest ship in the world at the time of its sinking
-The ureters are two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder
-The urethra is a tube that carries urine out of the body
-The Venus flytrap is native to North and South Carolina
 Uranus rotates on its side
-Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system
-Viruses are smaller than bacteria and can only replicate inside living cells
+A group of lemurs is called a conspiracy
+The human heart can create enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet
+Australia is wider than the Moon
+The only letter not in the periodic table is J
+There are more fake flamingos than real ones
+Sharks have been around longer than trees
+Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is not attached at both ends
+The total number of stars in the universe is more than all the grains of sand on Earth
+A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun
+A group of jellyfish is called a smack
+There's a planet made largely of diamonds, 55 Cancri e
+Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the rate of a few inches per year
+The smell of rain is called petrichor
+Some fungi can create zombies (like Ophiocordyceps unilateralis)
+A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus
+The only food that doesn't spoil is honey
+There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy
+The sound of a whip cracking is actually a tiny sonic boom
+There are more than 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth at any given moment
+A group of ravens is called an unkindness
+The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter (jaw muscle)
+You can't sneeze with your eyes open
+Space smells like seared steak, hot metal, and welding fumes
+A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance
+The dot over the letters 'i' and 'j' is called a tittle
+A group of ferrets is called a business
+The longest single-word palindrome in the English language is "rotator"
+Vending machines are more likely to kill you than sharks
+The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal
+Cows don't have upper front teeth
+It is illegal to own a single guinea pig in Switzerland because they are social animals
+The universe has no center
+Some cats are allergic to humans
+There are more atoms in a single glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans on Earth
+Ketchup was once sold as a medicine
+The oldest known piece of chewing gum is 9,000 years old
+A group of unicorns is called a blessing
+Wombat poop is cube-shaped
+The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one
+There are more artificial than real trees in the world
+A group of rhinos is called a crash
+The shortest complete sentence in the English language is "Go"
+Hot water freezes faster than cold water (Mpemba effect)
+The moon has moonquakes
+The world's quietest room is located at Microsoft's headquarters
+Polar bears have black skin under their white fur
+The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents
+The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green
+The world's oldest known living tree is over 5,000 years old
+A group of owls is called a parliament
+Cows moo with regional accents
+There are more possible chess game permutations than atoms in the observable universe
+A "butt" was a medieval unit of measurement for wine
+Humans are the only animals that blush
+The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
+Pigs cannot look up into the sky
+A group of hippos is called a bloat
+The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts less than two minutes
+The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
+The human brain weighs about 3 pounds but uses 20% of the body's oxygen and calories
+The color orange was named after the fruit, not the other way around
+A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse
+The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
+Sound travels about 4.3 times faster in water than in air
+The deepest point in the ocean is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
+A group of kangaroos is called a mob
+You are more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than a shark
+The oldest known living animal is a Greenland shark, estimated to be over 500 years old
+The Earth's core is as hot as the surface of the sun
+A group of sloths is called a bed
+The average person will produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools
+The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone in the ear
+The world's largest snowflake on record was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick
+There are more unique ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth
+A group of hedgehogs is called an array
+The total weight of all the plastic in the ocean is estimated to be over 150 million tons
+There are more chickens than people in the world
+The average person walks 7,500 steps a day
+The national animal of North Korea is the Chollima, a mythical winged horse
+It takes a sloth about two weeks to digest a meal
+The longest recorded yawn lasted an hour and 15 minutes
+Some fungi glow in the dark
+The inventor of the stop sign was a woman
+The Earth's atmosphere is about 100 kilometers thick
+A group of armadillos is called a roll
+The oldest known musical instrument is a flute made from a vulture bone
+The human brain is more active at night than during the day
+The average person spends about 2 weeks of their life kissing
+The shortest recognized war in history lasted less than an hour
+The only mammal that can truly fly is the bat
+There are more atoms in a single grain of sand than grains of sand on all the beaches in the world
+A group of giraffes is called a tower
+The Great Pyramid of Giza was originally covered in highly polished white limestone
+The total mass of all the bacteria on Earth is greater than that of all animals combined