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• **The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, and lasted only 38 minutes.** Zanzibar surrendered after just 12 minutes of fighting, and the entire war lasted a total of 38 minutes from start to finish.

• **The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine particles of silica.** It has 45 letters.

• **Butterflies taste with their feet.** They have small sensors on their feet that help them detect the sweetness or bitterness of a substance.

• **The Great Wall of China is not visible from space.** This is a common myth that's been debunked by astronauts and satellite images. While the Great Wall is a very long structure, it's not wide enough or tall enough to be visible from space.

• **There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.** The estimated number of stars in the universe is around 100 billion trillion, while the number of grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth is estimated to be around 7.5 x 10^18.

• **The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents.** Our sense of smell is closely tied to our memory, which is why smells can often evoke strong emotional responses.

• **The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.** Yes, you read that right - 13 whole seconds!

• **The world's largest living organism is a fungus that covers over 2,200 acres in Oregon, USA.** The Armillaria ostoyae fungus is a type of honey mushroom that grows by sending out underground tendrils to break down organic matter.

• **The highest recorded temperature on Earth was 134°F (56.7°C) on July 10, 1913, in Death Valley, California.** This temperature was recorded during a severe heat wave that lasted for several days.

• **The deepest part of the ocean is the Challenger Deep, which is over 36,000 feet (10,973 meters) deep.** It's located in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

• **The world's largest waterfall, by volume of water, is actually located underwater.** The Denmark Strait Cataract, which is located between Iceland and Greenland, is a submarine waterfall that flows down a slope in the ocean floor.

• **The longest recorded duration without sleep is 264.4 days (over 9 months) by Randy Gardner in 1964.** Gardner, a high school student, stayed awake for over 9 months to test his endurance.

• **The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches (38 cm) in diameter and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.** It fell in Montana in 1887.

• **The highest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars, which is over 27 km high.** Olympus Mons is a shield volcano that's around three times the height of Mount Everest.

• **The world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, produces about 20% of the world's oxygen.** The Amazon rainforest is home to an incredible array of plant and animal species.

• **The longest recorded duration of a person holding their breath is 24 minutes and 3 seconds.** This record was set by a trained diver in 2018.

• **The world's largest iceberg was over 11,000 square miles (28,500 square km) in size.** This massive iceberg broke off from Antarctica in 2000 and was tracked by scientists for several years.

• **The highest recorded wind speed on Earth was 253 mph (408 km/h) on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA.** This record was set in 1934 during a severe storm.

• **The world's largest waterfall, by width, is the Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil.** The falls are over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide and consist of over 275 individual waterfalls.

• **The longest recorded duration of a person spinning a basketball on a toothbrush is 33.33 seconds.** Yes, this is a real Guinness World Record!

I hope you find these facts interesting and enjoyable!