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3,000
1932 9%
The number of
snake species
in the world

THE YEAR A PHOTO

FINISH CAMERA WAS
FIRST USED AT THE
OLYMPICS IN LOS
ANGELES

A LIGHTNING
STRIKE IS FIVE TIMES
HOTTER THAN THE
SUNS SURFACE

1,600

The proportion
of schools in the
UK that have a
tablet computer THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF MAJOR VOLCANOES
for each pupil
OR VOLCANIC FEATURES ON VENUS

OVER HALF YOUR

20% of Earths fresh water is
BODYS BONES ARE IN
located in the Amazon River basin YOUR HANDS AND FEET

THE SPEED OF THE

FASTEST ROLLER
COASTER IN THE
WORLD, FORMULA
ROSSA IN ABU DHABI

DIAMETER
OF THE
LARGEST
RECORDED
HAILSTONE

IF YOU FEED A HAMBURGER TO A

VENUS FLYTRAP THE PROTEIN AND
FAT WILL KILL THE PLANT

8mn litres

THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF BEER

DRUNK EVERY YEAR AT OKTOBERFEST
IN MUNICH, GERMANY

320km/h+
200mn
THE NUMBER

OF PASSENGERS
EXPECTED TO
USE CROSSRAIL
EACH YEAR
ONCE SERVICES
BEGIN IN 2018
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400km/h
THE SPEED AT WHICH

SOME NERVE IMPULSES

RACE AROUND THE BODY

539,000m

The speed of winds

that tornadoes are
able to produce

1.3

GRAMS

240km/h 17.8cm
THE

The amount of gold per 1,000 tons

of other material in Earths crust

amount of space Teslas

2 The
Gigafactory will cover when
completed in 2020