The fastest bird in the world is the Peregrine Falcon, which can reach speeds in excess of two hundred miles per hour.

If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers.

In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.

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