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The bird with the largest wingspan is the Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans which lives in the southern oceans. Its wings average 2.54 - 3.51 m. The largest recorded wingspan was of a very old male whose wings measured 3.63 m.
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| The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. |
| The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. |
| Walt Disney was afraid of mice. |
| The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off. |
| All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public. |
| The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung cancer. |
| A "lost world" exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species. |
| The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface. |
| The brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta. |
| The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006. |
| Iceland has the highest concentration of broadband users in the world. |
| Camel's milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow's milk. |
| The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle. |
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