4. Mosquitos carry malaria, and malaria kills over one million people a year, far more than deaths from other animals.
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6. 1. William H. Gates III Position: Chairman, Microsoft Corporation Education: Harvard dropout Worth: $90 Billion
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10. African elephants can reach a shoulder height of 4 m and weigh 5400-7200 kg. They have larger ears than Indian elephants.
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12. 509 m 452 m 442 m The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, (opened 1976) stands 553 m high.
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14. Mount Everest, 8,850 m high, part of the Himalayas, lies on the border of Tibet and Nepal.
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16. Jeanne Calment (1875 - 1997), the world's oldest person, died at the age of 122. She took up fencing at 85, and still rode a bicycle at 100. She liked her port wine, her olive oil, her chocolate and her cigarettes, and she released a rap CD at 121. She met Vincent Van Gogh, but didn't like him.
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18. Jul 30 2008 With just over 1.3 billion people (1,330,044,605 as of mid-2008), China is the world's largest and most populous country. http://www.stclaresenglish.net/langprac/supquiz.htm