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118. Fact
There are no poisonous snakes in maine.

119. Fact
The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.

120. Fact
The largest man-made lake in the u.s. Is lake mead, created by hoover dam.

121. Fact
The poison arrow frogs of south and central america are the most poisonous animals in the world.

122. Fact
A new born blue whale measures 20-26 feet (6.0 - 7.9 meters) long and weighs up to 6,614 pounds (3003 kg).

123. Fact
The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.

124. Fact
The virginia opossum has a gestation period of only 12-13 days.

125. Fact
The stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) long but had a brain the size of a walnut.

126. Fact
The largest meteorite crater in the world is in winslow, arizona. It is 4,150 feet across and 150 feet deep.

127. Fact
The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.

128. Fact
Skylab, the first american space station, fell to the earth in thousands of pieces in 1979. Thankfully most over the ocean.

129. Fact
It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

130. Fact
Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds (90.8 kilograms) on the molars.

131. Fact
The skylab astronauts grew 1.5 - 2.25 inches (3.8 - 5.7 centimeters) due to spinal lengthening and straightening as a result of zero gravity.

132. Fact
An inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) of dry, powdery snow.

133. Fact
Tremendous erosion at the base of niagara falls (usa) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.

134. Fact
40 to 50 percent of body heat can be lost through the head (no hat) as a result of its extensive circulatory network.

135. Fact
A large swarm of desert locusts (schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.

136. Fact
The largest telescope in the world is currently being constructed in northern chile. The telescope will utilize four - 26 ft. 8 in. (8.13 meters) mirrors which will gather as much light as a single 52 ft. 6 in. (16 meters) mirror.

137. Fact
The hubble space telescope weighs 12 tons (10,896 kilograms), is 43 feet (13.1 meters) long, and cost $2.1 billion to originally build.

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