National Geographic Kids - USA (2019-06 & 2019-07)

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DAVID JONES / PA WIRE / AP PHOTO (CHOCOLATE); PAUL MICHAEL HUGHES / GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS


(OZYUREK, LAMBORGHINI); INFORMATION PROVIDED BY © 2019 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIMITED. JUNE / JULY 2019 • NAT GEO KIDS (^5)
DEL TROTTER RIDES
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et out your toothbrush. The world’s largest
chocolate bar weighs more than 12,770 pounds,
nearly as much as about 132,000 average candy bars.
Created by pouring buckets of the melted mixture
into a 13-foot-by-13-foot mold, the chocolate wasn’t
just a tasty treat. Pieces were chipped off and sold
for charity. Another treat for the volunteers was
that they went home smelling like chocolate!
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amborghini the sheep is always ahead of the herd. He’s won 165 out
of 179 sheep races, the most ever. A jockey—a plush toy pig named
Del Trotter—“rides” Lamborghini while the animal sprints to the finish
line for his sheep pellet treats. Lamborghini can get distracted. Once
he lost a race after stopping to nibble on a farmer’s boots.
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his guy definitely nose he’s special. Mehmet
Ozyurek of Turkey has a 3.46-inch sniffer, the
longest on record. Measured from the bridge to the
tip, the schnoz is longer than a toothpick. Wonder if
he can smell that dinner is ready before anyone else?
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