The strongest gust of wind was recorded at the Mount Washington Observatory on April 12th, 1934, and measured 231 miles per hour.

The hair that makes up a giraffe's tail is about 10 times thicker than the average strand of human hair.

Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.

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