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#1. Where is the driest continent on Earth?

Antarctica gets less rain and snow than any other continent.

#2. Where can you find the smallest bone in our body?

The smallest bone in the human body is called the stapes, located inside the ear.

#3. True or false: if you put a sea sponge through a blender and blitzed it into cells, its cells can still recombine to form a new sea sponge.

While some animals can regenerate certain body parts, sea sponges are a rock star when it comes to this. If their individual cells are not damaged by the blending process, sea sponge cells will be able to reconnect with each other and regroup into a brand-new sponge.

#4. What kind of object is the Sun?

The Sun is a star! Stars produce their own energy through nuclear fusion.

#5. True or false? All plants have flowers.

False! there are lots of plants that don’t have flowers, including conifers (like pine trees), ferns, and mosses.

#6. The human body has many cool abilities. Which of the following body parts can regrow itself?

The liver is one of the special body parts in humans that can regrow itself after damage, unless it is diseased.

#7. Jean Calment was the oldest human recorded in recent human history. How old was she when she died in 1997?

Jean Calment was the oldest human recorded in recent human history, and she lived for 122 years and 164 days!

#8. How many Earths could the fit inside the Sun?

The Sun can fit approximately one million Earths inside, although to fit all million, you’d need to squish them out of shape a bit!

#9. What disease did pirates often get because they didn’t eat enough fruit?

Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C, a nutrient critical to the body’s tissues, immune system and blood cells. Vitamin C is found in fruit, especially citrus, strawberries, and even capsicum! Make sure you get enough in your diet to avoid the fate of many a pirate.

#10. True or false? Australia has a deep space communication station to help NASA with monitoring spacecraft on missions.

True! Australia has a Deep Space Network station near Canberra called the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. Along with its sister stations in California and near Madrid in Spain, they send and receive information from spacecraft.

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