Random FactsWhat is the world's largest fish?The harmless whale shark holds the title of largest fish, with the record being a 59 footer captured in Thailand in 1919. Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Most consumed energy resource in the U.SCurrently, OIL provides the largest share of U.S. energy consumption -- about 41 percent of the entire market. Natural gas provides about 24 percent, coal 23 percent, hydropower 4 percent and nuclear power 8 percent.In the United States, natural gas is used for:
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[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Blue whale weight and lengthBlue whales reach between 70-110 feet in length and weigh up to 150 tons. Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Biggest animal in the worldThe blue whale is the largest animal in the world. The largest blue whale caught was a 110-foot female. It is not known how the angler got this beast home or how they fit it in the freezer. Reference: http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/planetocean/bluewhale.html
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Blue whale massacre crustaceansThe blue whale, the worlds largest animal at 110 feet according to guiness world records eat krill, which are shrimp-like crustaceans only about an inch-and-a-half long.Pick on somebody your own size? Not whales! An adult whale might slaughter 40 million, or 4-6 tons of these little creatures in one day!! Amazingly, the krill population persists, but you have to assume this perpetual atrocity affects the krills ability to develop a stable society. Reference: Animal Planet
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] What is the world's largest animal?The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons. Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] How tall is the world's tallest treeA 379.1' Redwood in Redwood National Park is currently the world's largest tree Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] What is the biggest city in the U.S.If Brooklyn, New York became independent of New York City, it would be the third largest city in the United States, after the remainder of New York and Los Angeles. Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] What is the largest number of coins you can have without being able to make change for a dollar.If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Don't forget about the hippoHippos are the third largest animal on land. Only elephants and some rhinos are bigger. Reference:
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