In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum.

There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.

The largest living structure on Earth is the Great Barrier Reef. Found in Australia, it is over 2000 kilometres long.

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