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Tiger sharks are known to eat almost anything.

Adult cats rarely meow at each other. They mostly meow at people.

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Adult cats rarely meow at each other. They mostly meow at people.

Kittens meow to their mothers, but adult cats mainly use hisses, growls, scent and body language with other cats. Meowing seems to have carried on into adulthood largely as a way to talk to humans.

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Jupiter has auroras bigger than Earth.

The Sun is made mostly of hydrogen and helium.

Antarctica is the largest desert in the world.

Bananas are slightly radioactive.

Sharks have an excellent sense of smell.

Mars is very cold: around minus 60°C on average.

Sushi began as a way to preserve fish in fermented rice.

One of the world’s oldest companies was a Japanese temple builder founded in 578.

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Your skin makes vitamin D using sunlight.

The Renaissance began in Italy.

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The Mona Lisa was painted in Italy but hangs in Paris.

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