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supercomputers 158 Tiger Moth biplanes 122–3 United States of America water bear see tardigrades
supernovae 306, 307 tiger pistol shrimp 249 American Revolution water lily, giant 52
supersonic space planes 143 tilapia 25 328, 341 waterfalls 327
supertankers 148–9, 151 time 290–91, 306–7 architecture 42–3 watermelon festival 26
surveillance cameras 294–5 tissues 96, 97 deserts 45 weasel 70–71
sweat 273 titan beetle 121 firenadoes 90–91 weather 316–23
swifts 129, 139 Titanoboa 114–15 food 336–7 scorching heat 10–11
swimmers, fastest 140–41 titanosaur 110–11 hot water 14–15 see also clouds; lightning;
Switzerland 41 toads 13, 65, 238 Los Angeles 324–5 rain; snow
sword-billed hummingbird toilets 264, 313 Olympic Games 335 webs 282, 283
125 La Tomatina 26–7 snow tunnels 85 websites 163
swordfish 140 tomatoes 26–7, 284–5 space program 313 weight
Tomlinson, Ray 163 trees 45, 54–5
TU tongues 225, 241, 260–61 weather 323, 326 heaviest building 170–71
Taipei Tower 164–5 tornadoes, fire 90–91 World War I 333 human bones 100–101
Tajikistan 193 towers Universe 211, 291 weightlessness 197
Tamri, Morocco 66–7 diving from 34–5 Uranus 195, 197, 199, 312 whale shark 117
Tamu Massif 192 free climbing 38–9 USS Enterprise 148 whales
tankers 151 trachea 99 biggest 108–9, 157
Tanzania 24–5 trains VWXYZ blow shapes 219
tardigrades 228–9 fastest 139 Vaadhoo Island 56–7 blue 217, 230–31, 249
tarsier 102 longest 157 vaccinations 298 bowhead 225
taste 260–61 Transantarctic Mountains 179 Vashon Island 54–5 Cuvier’s beaked 219
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine transportation Vatnajökull 18–19 feeding 109
Route 84–5 data 156–7 vegetables 266–7, 284–5 migrations 74
tectonic plates 11, 179 see also aircraft; railroads; vehicles, data 156–7 oldest 133
teeth 273, 275, 285 ships; trains veins 94, 96, 97 Orca 218
biggest 104–5 tree tumbo plant 52 venom 118, 119, 227, 242–3 white-throated needletail
telephones trees 176–7 Venus 198, 312 138–9
cell phones 286, 293 biggest/tallest 106–7 Verreaux’s sifaka 68–9 winds 90–91, 317, 326
first transatlantic call 341 extraordinary 44–7, 54–5, vertebrae 101 solar 79
invention of 299 66–7 vertebrates 212 windsurfers 146
telescopes 309 oldest 130–31 Victoria, Queen 331 wingless insect 252
temperature Triton submarine 245 video games 162 wings 247, 251
Earth 301, 312, 316–17 tropical forests 176–7 viperfish 104 biggest 122–3
space 307, 312 Tsingy de Bemaraha 22–3 viruses 264–5 insect 120–21
temples 275 tsunamis 193, 314, 315 vitamins 267, 285 Wolffia globosa 50
tennis court, highest 40–41 tuatara 132, 234 volcanoes 10–11, 192, 300 woodpecker 70–71, 225
Tenochtitlan 341 tube-lipped bat 225 ash deposits 25, 327 Woods, Tiger 41
tentacles tuna, blue-fin 140 “cold” lava 25 World Air Sports Federation
jellyfish 216–17 tunnels fumaroles 88–9
snail 237 boring machines 156 Mid-Ocean Ridge 178–9 (FAI) 210
squid 244, 245 redwood tree 45 Pacific Ring of Fire 192 World War I 332, 333
terabytes (TB) 160, 161 snow 85 Solar System’s largest 312 World War II 332, 333
Teratornis 123 tree 106 Vostok, Lake 173 World Wide Web 292–3, 299
Thailand 28–9, 32, 90 turbulence, air 186 Voyager spacecraft 154–5 Wright brothers 143
thermals 187 Turriptosis nutricula 133 Waitomo Caves 57 X-15 aircraft 143
Thrust SSC rocket car 153 turtles 219, 239, 277, 311 walrus 105 X-rays 298
Thumbelina (smallest tusks 104, 105 wasps 229, 252–3, 276, 277 Yekaterinburg cave 20–21
horse) 215 Twistee Treat 42 water 181, 320, 322 Yellow Sea 48–9
thunder 188 Tyrannosaurus 113 in the body 273 Yellowstone National Park
TI Oceania 148–9 United Arab Emirates 36–9 holding breath in 218–19 14–15
Tianhe-2 computer 162, 163 United Kingdom, animals speed records 140–41, Zeppelin airships 146–7
tides 302, 317 70–71 146–7 Zeus (tallest dog) 214–15

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