The heaviest domestic cat on record is 21.297 kilograms (46 lb 15.2 oz).

Pistol shrimp can make a noise loud enough to break glass.

When Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen turned 18 in mid-2004, they took official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. Their earnings in 2003 topped $1 billion.

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