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256–257 EYES mosquito larvae, which live 300–301 PLANET EARTH 320–321
All blue-eyed people can be in the water. This reduces The high is 136°F (57.8°C) THUNDERSTORMS
traced back to one ancestor mosquito populations. and the low is –135.8°F The hairs on your body
who lived 10,000 years ago (–93.2°C). The average stand up.
near the Black Sea. 280–281 INSECT FEATS surface temperature is
Cockroaches resist the 59°F (15°C). 322–323 SNOW
260–261 TASTE AND harmful effects of radiation. No. Below –22°F (–30°C)
SMELL They are much more likely 302–303 THE MOON there is not usually enough
Both the human tongue to survive a nuclear explosion When Earth is directly moisture in the cold air for
and an elephant’s trunk than humans, though between the Sun and the snow, but it is possible. Snow
are made of a muscle called if they were near nuclear Moon, it keeps sunlight from has fallen at –41.8°F (–41°C).
a muscular hydrostat. ground zero, they would reaching the Moon. The
This means that they be crisped along with Moon is in Earth’s shadow 324–325 POPULATION
function without help everything else. and is eclipsed. It has a China.
from the skeleton. reddish glow due to the
282–283 SPIDERS scattering of sunlight as 328–329 THE FRENCH
262–263 HAIR Up to 20 years. this passes through REVOLUTION
Red hair is the least common, Earth’s atmosphere. About 300.
owned by only 1–2 percent 284–285 FRUITS AND
of the global population. VEGETABLES 304–305 THE SUN
This color is mainly found It has an awful smell, often In summer, in northerly 330–331 LEADERS
in Scotland and Ireland. compared to rotting meat. latitudes such as northern Nelson Mandela. In
Scandinavia, northern 2013 the prehistoric
264–265 ILLNESS 286–287 MATERIALS Canada, and northern Russia. woodpecker Australopicus
nelsonmandelai was
Exposure to bright light. The ancient Romans. named after him.
Known as photic sneezing, 306–307 STARS
this condition is inherited 288–289 INVENTIONS Scientists estimate there
from parents. Penicillin was in short are 10 times more stars in 332–333 WORLD WAR
supply, so a global search the night sky than grains About six weeks, with junior
266–267 EFFECTS for a more productive strain of sand in the world’s officers and stretcher carriers
OF FOOD of the mold got underway. deserts and beaches. most vulnerable.
Vitamin D boosts bone In 1943 a laboratory worker
density and prevents found a rotting melon in a 308–309 ASTRONOMY 334–335 OLYMPIC SPORTS
osteoporosis. Milk and market. It became the main Either because the star They competed naked.
cereals are excellent sources, source of antibiotics for the creates more light, is
but sunlight boosts levels of next decade. closer to Earth, or a 336–337 FOOD
Vitamin D naturally as well. combination of both. The test-tube burger is the
290–291 MODERN world’s most expensive, at
268–269 GENETICS PHYSICS 310–311 SPACE TRAVEL $385,000 (£250,000). It was
People born after 1955 have Clocks run more quickly Due to the weightlessness made in a Netherlands
traces of radioactive carbon at higher altitudes because in Space, dust does not laboratory from 20,000 strips
in their DNA. This is left they experience a weaker settle down. Because it just of synthetic “cultured beef”
floats around, astronauts
over from when the USA gravitational force. This sneeze a lot. taken from cow stem cells.
and USSR set off nuclear is known as gravitational
warheads during the Cold time dilation.
War, causing radioactivity 314–315 EARTHQUAKES 338–339 MUSIC
Yes—underwater.
to enter the atmosphere. 292–293 THE DIGITAL Some villages killed off all
AGE 316–317 THE SEASONS their cats because they were
supposedly associated with
270–271 GROWTH AND Asia, with more than one Earth takes time to warm witchcraft. Without cats to
AGING billion users (44 percent up or cool down. Therefore, keep rat numbers down,
Long life. of the total). the seasons lag behind. The the population grew and
amount of lag is affected by the plague spread even
274–275 RODENTS 294–295 TECHNOLOGY factors such as distance from more quickly.
They never stop growing. Yes, it has been proven the poles, amounts of water
that installing CCTV surrounding the area, and
276–277 STINGING cameras and reminding the weather experienced
INSECTS people that they are during the year.
They live on every continent being watched reduces
except Antarctica. petty crimes, such as 318–319 WEATHER
dropping litter. PREDICTION
278–279 FISH When seagulls stop flying,
Goldfish prevent the spread 296–297 ROBOTS avoid water, and huddle
of the West Nile virus. They One in every 10 car on the ground together,
are added to stagnant bodies production workers it is usually a sign of
of water where they eat is a robot. wet weather.
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