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This is episode fifty-two of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to discuss some interesting facts.

• The largest living organism on Earth is a fungus called Armillaria Ostoyae, which covers 2,200 acres in Oregon.
• The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny.
• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
• The world's largest volcano is Mauna Loa, located in Hawaii.
• The tallest mammal in the world is the giraffe, which can grow up to 18 feet tall.
• The largest fish in the sea is the whale shark, which can grow up to 40 feet long.
• The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, with an area of only 44 hectares.
• The longest river in the world is the Nile, stretching 4,135 miles.
• The deepest point in the ocean is the Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench, at a depth of 36,070 feet.
• The highest point on Earth is Mount Everest, which stands at 29,029 feet.
• The largest animal to ever live on Earth is the blue whale, which can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh over 200 tons.
• The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which can reach speeds up to 75 mph.
• The tallest bird in the world is the ostrich, which can reach up to 9 feet tall.
• The oldest known living organism is a bristlecone pine tree named Methuselah, estimated to be over 4,800 years old.
• The largest known dinosaur is Argentinosaurus, which is believed to have been over 100 feet long and weigh over 100 tons.
• The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela, which drops a total of 3,212 feet.
• The longest cave system in the world is the Mammoth Cave System in Kentucky, with over 400 miles of explored passageways.
• The highest recorded temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134°F in Furnace Creek Ranch, California, in 1913.
• The longest recorded time someone has gone without sleep is 11 days, by Randy Gardner in 1965.