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There are approximately 4000 wild parakeets living in Amsterdam.

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The lowest known temperature on the surface of the Earth occurred on August 10, 2010 when weather satellites measured a temperature of −93.2 °C (−135.8 °F) on the continent of Antarctica. At this temperature, carbon dioxide freezes and becomes dry ice.

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Before 1954, stop signs were yellow.

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Lyrebirds can accurately mimic nearly any sound in their natural environment, including camera shutters, car alarms, and chainsaws.

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Parts of Greenland can be found north, west, east, and south of Iceland.

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Level ∞

Apr 22, 2020

Regarding #437, you won't actually find dry ice on the surface of Antarctica. There isn't enough carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form noticeable quantities.

Level ∞

Apr 22, 2020

Check out this video to hear some really cool lyrebird songs.

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Level 61

Apr 22, 2020

how about this: Asia is home to the country with the lowest average elevation,(Maldives) and the highest elevation, (Bhutan)the lowest elevation,(Dead Sea) and the highest? (Mt. Everest)

Level 59

Apr 23, 2020

Oooh Pinned comments! is this new?

Level 68

Apr 25, 2020

Yep. You can mark your comments "sticky" on your own quizzes (or in QM's case, the Interesting Facts, Interesting Quotes, JetPunk Change Log, and Nominated Quizzes) and then your comment will always be on the top.

Level 59

May 10, 2020

It is also home to most of the human population.

Level 59

Jul 30, 2020

Asia is also home to the lowest elevation, period. the Mariana Trench.

Level 65

Sep 11, 2022

Just ran into that on the geographic features quiz!

Level 75

Apr 29, 2020

Lol at Lyre birds' natural environment also being home to cameras, car alarms and chainsaws. Did they evolve in electrical appliance and hardware stores?

Level 68

May 20, 2020

Evolution happens when a useful mutation occurs. Why would mimicing things be a useful mutation?

Level 72

Jun 10, 2020

to communicate with each other, generally speaking they would mimic the sounds of the other birds in their group that are meant to be signals for things like danger and food etc.

The car alarms and chainsaws are just a result of humans being in their environment.

Level 69

Jun 10, 2020

Which parts of Greenland are South and East of Iceland?

Level 70

Jun 19, 2020

The southern tip of Greenland goes slightly further south than Iceland, and same for its easternmost tip. This is easiest to see on a Mercator map.

Level 65

Jul 25, 2020

So the Mercator map does turn out to be useful for something ;)

Level 49

Mar 14, 2021

I thought it meant you could start in Iceland go east and end in Greenland (without going the whole way around).

like how New York (state) is nort, south, east, and west of Stamford, Connecticut.

Level 84

Aug 9, 2020

I made a quiz based on inspiration from #440. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/106973/countries-that-are-n-s-e-and-w-of-another-country

Level 67

Mar 23, 2021

Parts of South Africa can be found north, west, east, and south of Lesotho.

Level 46

May 20, 2021

ah yes

Level 71

Sep 7, 2021

Not very unusual as Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa, you could say the same with the Vatican / Italy or any place that is entirely surrounded.

Level 41

Jul 20, 2023

Yes. As sumguy shows, there are many. A truely inspired quiz.

Level 82

Nov 5, 2021

In Russia, stop signs are small, white, rectangular, and nondescript. Which is an extremely bad design for something that is important to see. Almost the entire rest of the world copies the American red octagons, even though they may use local words or scripts for the lettering, even countries like China and Iran, but I think the Russians want to be contrarian.

Japanese signs are usually an inverted triangle. But they are also red.

Level 59

Jan 26, 2022

🚻 is the symbol fort oilets.

Level 61

Feb 13, 2023

where is Fort Oilets located