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Each main cable in San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is made of 27,572 individual thinner wires. It took 80,000 miles (128,748km) of wire to make up each cable, which has a final diameter of 36.3 inches (92.4cm).

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The city of Hamburg, Germany has more bridges within it's city limits than any other city in the world; a total of about 2300. Amsterdam has about 1200 bridges and Venice about 400.

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Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on Earth.

Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on Earth; it also has thousands of uses. It can be used to make rope, paper, flooring, furniture, scaffolding, houses, bridges, and much much more.

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The Ostrich lays the biggest eggs in the world. Their eggs can measure up to 6 inches in diameter, and weigh more than five pounds.

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The longest passenger plane in the world is the Boeing 747-8I. It is 76.3m (250ft) long.

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The biggest animal ever known to live on Earth is the Titanosaurus. It measured 140ft (40m) long and 65ft (20m) tall.

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