Bamboo (the world's tallest grass) can grow up to 90cm in a day. The call of the humpback whale is louder than Concorde and can be heard from 500 miles away. Pitcher Darold Knowles once pitched all seven games of one World Series. The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930. When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.

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