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 mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water.

A snowflake can take up to a hour to fall from the cloud to the surface of the Earth.

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