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150. Fact
The largest cave in the world (the sarawak chamber in malaysia) is 2,300 feet (701 meters) long, 980 feet (299 meters) wide, and more than 230 feet (70 meters) high.

151. Fact
The hottest planet in the solar system is venus, with an estimated surface temperature of 864 f (462 c).

152. Fact
The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

153. Fact
The first electronic digital computer (called eniac - the electronic numerical integrator and calculator) was developed in 1946 and contained over 18,000 vacuum tubes.

154. Fact
The leg muscles of a locust are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.

155. Fact
The cosmos contains approximately 50,000,000,000 galaxies.

156. Fact
There are between 100,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 stars in a normal galaxy.

157. Fact
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.

158. Fact
Scientists have discovered that copper pollution of the atmosphere occurred about 2500 years ago.dis was discovered by analyzing ice cores from greenland the pollution was attributed to the romans who used copper for military purposes n to produce coins.

159. Fact
Hydrofluoric acid will dissolve glass.

160. Fact
In a full grown rye plant, the total length of roots may reach 380 miles (613 km).

161. Fact
In a full grown rye plant, the total length of fine root hairs may reach 6600 miles (10,645 km).

162. Fact
A large sunspot can last for about a week.

163. Fact
If you could throw a snowball fast enough, it would totally vaporize when it hit a brick wall.

164. Fact
Boron nitride (bn) is the second hardest substance known to man.

165. Fact
The female tarantula hawk wasp paralyzes a large spider with her sting. She then lays her eggs on the motionless body so that her developing young have a fresh supply of spider meat to feed on.

166. Fact
The seeds of an indian lotus tree remain viable for 300 to 400 years.

167. Fact
The only letter not appearing on the periodic table is the letter j.

168. Fact
Velcro was invented by a swiss guy who was inspired by the way burrs attached to clothing.

169. Fact
Hershey's kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

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