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Illustrated by Michelle Enemark
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Littledean Jail and Museum of Crime

Among the items at the Littledean Jail
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Aviarios del Caribe: Sloth Sanctuary

Sloth's specially adapted fur allows them to camoflauge
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Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

Degree of the anomoly at the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot
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The Uros People of Lake Titicaca

The Uros People use the totora reed to make...
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Nokhur Cemetery

Graves in Turkmenistan's Nokhur Cemetery are marked by...
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Ružica Church

Materials used to make the chandeliers in Serbia's Ruzica Church
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Grant Museum of Zoology

Thickness of a Snipe Fly Cross-Section on a slide in the Micrarium
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Newgrange

Percent of applicants that get to witness the winter solstice shaft of light in Ireland's ancient Druidic tomb
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Ängelholm UFO Memorial

A hockey player + an alien =
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Nima Sand Museum

Amount of time the one-ton of sand in the world's largest hourglass takes to run through...