The elephant's trunk is able to sense the size, shape and temperature of an object. An elephant uses its trunk to lift food and suck up water then pour it into its mouth.

The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes.

There are more than 250,000 rivers in the United States, which amounts to 3.5 million miles of rivers.

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