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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

When feeding, a hummingbird can lick 10 to 15 times per second.

Regular fluctuations in Mars’s atmospheric pressure, temperature, and wind produce snowstorms with surprising predictability. Long-term weather forecasts could allow astronauts to avoid travel where a storm will happen.

Say cheese? Victorians said "prunes" instead.

Rather than store it, parade officials released a gigantic dachshund balloon into the air at the conclusion of the 1929 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.