The fastest shark is the "Shortfin Mako," which can swim as fast as sixty miles per hour.

In 1903 Mary Anderson invented the windshield wipers.

The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

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