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outrageous facts.
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THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY IS MAJORITY OWNER OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNERS. MICROSTOCK MAN / SHUTTERSTOCK (MOUNTAINS); MITSUYOSKI TATEMATSU / NATURE PRODUCTION / MINDEN PICTURES (PYGMY MARMOSETS); CATHY KEIFER / SHUTTERSTOCK (CHAMELEON)4 NAT GEO KIDS^ • MAY 2022
Newborn
THE AVERAGE
LASTS
HUG
3 SECONDS.
are the size of a
human
finger.
PYGMY
MARMOSETS
BY JULIE BEER AND MICHELLE HARRIS
A chameleon’s TONGUE
can travel faster than
12 MILES
AN HOUR.
THE SYMBOL &,
WHICH MEANS
“AND,”
WAS ONCE
A LETTER IN
THE ENGLISH
ALPHABET.
Nepal is the only
country in the world
that doesn’t have a
rectangular flag.
The planet
URANUS
was almost named
GEORGE.
LILY PADS
CAN GROW TO BE
WIDER THAN A
KING-SIZE
BED.
ONLY EXPERTS
SHOULD HANDLE
WILD ANIMALS!