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outrageous facts.

BY JEANNETTE SWAIN AND AVERY ELIZABETH HURT

4 MAY 2017

YOUR BODY’S SMELL— OR

“ODORPRINT”—

YOUR FINGERPRINTS.

IS AS

UNIQUE AS

raspberries

Bonobos

for attention.

TOMATOES

CAN BE

PURPLE.

ONESPECIES

OFBIRD

TAP-DANCES

TOATTRACT

MATES.

The entire land

area of the

United States

could fit in the

Sahara.

RESEARCH

SUGGESTS THAT

OCTOPUSES HAVE

9 BRAINS

.

cue the

music!

9 BR

The world’s

first speeding

ticket

was given to

a motorist

going

8

miles

an hour.