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Giraffe tongues

can be 20 inches

long. The tongues’

dark bluish-black

color probably helps

prevent sunburn.

25

You can’t hum

while holding

your nose. Yo u ju s t

tested it, didn’t you?

You might be able to

get a note or two out,

but good luck with a

full song. Normally,

when you hum, the

air is able to escape

through your nose to

create the sound, and

of course, it can’t do

that when you’re hold-

ing your nostrils shut.

24

Adolf Hitler’s

nephew fought

with the Allies. William

Hitler, a British native,

was traveling in the

United States with his

mother, Bridget Hitler,

when World War II

broke out. An outcast

in England because

of his family name,

William tried to enlist

in the U.S. armed

forces but was denied.

After a sincere letter

to President Franklin

Roosevelt and a thor-

ough background

check, William was

finally accepted. He

served in the U.S. Navy

for three years as a

pharmacist’s mate.

23

The lighter was

invented before

the match. In 1823,

a German chemist

created the world’s first

lighter, Döbereiner’s

lamp, which was used

in industrial settings. It

wasn’t until three years

later that an English

chemist made the first

friction match.

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marni rae photography (giraffe). ilya akinshin (lighter). karramba production (man). all shutterstock