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A person can lose a gallon of water per hour just by standing in the Sahara Desert. Two gallons per hour if walking.

NASA photo of Sahara desert

Source: Earth’s Natural Wonders

The former King of Morroco, Moulay Ismaïl is alleged to have fathered 889 children.

Source: Wikipedia: Moulay Ismail

The largest atomic bomb ever detonated was 1,400 times more powerful than the combined bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

It was tested by the Soviet Union in the Arctic, where it produced a mushroom cloud 40 miles high and 25 miles wide.

Source: Wikipedia: Tsar Bomba

Chinese students are five times more likely to develop perfect pitch than western students. Their musical aptitude stems from the tonal nature of the Chinese language; the same word can have different meanings depending on its pitch.

Source: Radiolab: Musical Language

The tree-dwelling snake, Chrysopelea paradisi, can practically fly from one tree to another. It can launch itself a horizontal distance of 79 feet or more.

Source: Yahoo News

The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It has 162 floors and is reaches nearly half of a mile in height.

That is more than twice the height of the Empire State Building in New York.

Source: Wikipedia: Burj Khalifa

The Welwitschia Mirabilis plant, found only in the Namib desert, has a lifespan of anywhere from 400 and 1,600 years.

Source: Science Ray

Harold Williams, a former foreign correspondent for The Times, was fluent in 58 languages.

Source: Nzedge.com

The average healthy person produces 0.75 to 1.5 liters of saliva every day.

2.1 pints per liter

Source: Wikipedia: Daily Salivary Output

A recent study showed there are approximately 6,800 distinct living languages. A quarter of them have fewer than 1,000 speakers.

Source: The Politics of English as a World Language