National Geographic Kids USA - June, July 2017

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PHOTO(FRENCHFRIES);ERICNGUYEN/JIMREEDPHOTOGRAPHY/GETTYIMAGES(TORNADO);CORBIS

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outrageous facts.

BY MARILYN TERRELL

4 JUNE / JULY 2017

THE

WORLD’S

TALLEST

TREE

IS

FEET TALL,

AS HIGH AS

188

SCHOOL DESKS

STACKED UP.

THE MOST

TORNADOES

HAPPEN

IN MAY.

A frog uses its

swallow.

to

eyeballs

help

it

Thomas

Jefferson

wasthefirst

presidenttoserve

frenchfriesinthe

WhiteHouse.

Elephants

can be left- or

right-tusked, just as

people are left-

or right-handed.

AND

OUSANDS”

IN

EAT BRITAIN. TRY ONLINE MAY 25-JUNE 1.

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