The blue whale is the loudest animal on the earth. Its whistle can reach up to 188 decibels.

In July 1874, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. It is estimated that the swarm contained about 12.5 trillion insects. These insects became extinct thirty years later.

The board game Scrabble was originally called "Criss Cross Words" by inventor Alfred Butts.

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