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    Weather
    Temperatures have been cooling since 2002, even as carbon dioxide has continued to rise.
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    Animal
    Snails can live up to 15 years.
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    Science
    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    Animal
    The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
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    Animal
    A slug has four noses.
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    Interesting
    Ice isn't slippery. What makes people and things slip on ice is water. A thin layer of ice melts when pressure is applied to it and it is this wet layer on top of the ice that is slippery.
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    People
    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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    Animal
    A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
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