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Wonderfully Weird Facts

The largest s’more ever made used 40,000 marshmallows, 8,000 chocolate bars, and 55,000 graham crackers.

 

A Swiss man has collected nearly 9,000 do not disturb signs from different hotels.

 

A driver on Long Island, NY USA has driven his Volvo nearly 3 million miles (4.8 million km).

 

In Los Angeles, CA USA you can buy a hot dog wrapped in bacon and then fried and topped with mayo.

 

The big shot ride is Las Vegas, NV USA sits on top of a skyscraper and shoots riders 160 feet (49 meters) into the air.

 

A Canadian ice breaking ship weights 33 million pounds (15,000 metric tons) and can break through thick ice sheets that are 62 feet (19 meters) thick.

 

There’s a chili pepper so hot that 2 out of every 3 people who eat it throw up.

 

The Great Wall of China spans an estimated 5,500 miles (8,850 km) – that’s longer than the continent of Africa.

 

A church in Barcelona, Spain – The Sagrada Familia – has been under construction for more than 100 years. It’s one of Barcelona’s most popular tourist attractions.

 

In 2011, Samit Ijon achieves a new world record by walking a 49-foot (15-meter) high wire suspended between two hot air balloons about 100 feet (30 meters) in the air.

 

In 2009, more than 2,500 people dressed up as Smurfs and hung out in a town square in Great Britain.

 

In 1960, an Air Force pilot sky dived out of a balloon 102,800 feet (31,333 miles) above Earth.

 

The Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, USA stretches more than 956 feet (291 meters) above the Arkansas River. The Royal Rush sky coaster takes riders at 50 miles per hour (80 kph) to hang over the river a thousand feet (305 meters) below.

 

In 2010, two men jumped from the tallest building on Earth, the Burj Kalifa in Dubai, using parachutes to slow their fall. The building is 2,717 feet (828 meters) tall.

 

Some people have a fear of slime, or agyrophobia.

 

source: National Geographic Kids 5,000 Awesome Facts (about everything)

 

 

 

 

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