The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7 - Listening for the textbook Performer B2 - Student's Book with authors Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton from Zanichelli
Question
Carry out some research on the Internet into weird and wacky science facts. Choose two to bring into class and share with your classmates.
Answer
Sample Answers
- The shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896.
- A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
- Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't.
- The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion.
- Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
- A single bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
- The world's largest mushroom, Armillaria ostoyae, covers over 3.4 square miles (8.8 square kilometers) in Oregon's Malheur National Forest.
- The average person produces about 25,000 quarts (23,658 liters) of saliva in their lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.
- Cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated from them.
- The shortest recorded human pregnancy lasted only 22 weeks.
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