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4 NAT GEO KIDS^ • MARCH 2019

BY JEFFREY WANDEL

5,

Giraffes

GREEN,

BLUE, or

RED.

TheEarth spinsso

FAST that someone

standing at the

EQUATOR

The average

American

A ball of twine in Kansas

weighs more than

19,000 pounds

and could stretchhalfway

acrosstheUnited States.

is thearea codefor

where thespace shuttle

used toblast offin Florida.

have

very

high

BLOOD

PRESSURE

to pump

blood

up

their

LONG

NECKS.

A rattlesnake’s

rattle

is made of

the same

material

as your

The

offspring

of awhaleand a

dolphinis a

would be traveling at about

1,000 MILES

an hour.

bananas

in a lifetime.

can

be

ddd

321

wholphin.

fingernails.

eats

about

expressions.

Humans

10,

can make

DIFFERENT

facial