The largest individual flower on Earth is from a plant called Rafflesia arnoldii. Its flowers reach up to 1 metre (3 feet) in diameter and weigh around 10kg.

For every ton of fish that is caught in all the oceans on our planet, there are three tons of garbage dumped into the oceans.

Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

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