| Question: Which country is the oldest on
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| | Antarctica. The millets are a group of
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| earth?Answers: San MarinoTrivia Teaser:
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| | small-seeded species of cereal crops,
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| According to tradition, San Marino is
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| | widely grown around the world for food
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| known as the world's oldest republic. The
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| | and fodder. They do not form a taxonomic
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| tiny republic was founded by a Christian
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| | group, but rather a functional or
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| stonemason named Marino (or Saint
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| | agronomic one, based on similar
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| Marinus) on September 3, in the year 301
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| | characteristics and uses. Sorghum
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| C.E.Question: Which continent is the
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| | originated in the north-east quadrant of
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| largest?Answers: AsiaTrivia Teaser: Asia
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| | Africa and spread from there throughout
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| is the largest and most populous
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| | Africa and into India. In 1994, sorghum
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| continent or region, depending on the
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| | ranked fifth among the most important
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| definition. It covers 8.6 percent of the
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| | cereal crops of the world after wheat,
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| Earth's total surface area, or 29.4
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| | rice, maize, and barley in both total
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| percent of its land area, and it contains
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| | area planted and production.Question:
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| more than 60 percent of the world's human
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| | What is the largest fish in the
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| population. Australia is the smallest and
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| | world?Answers: Whale sharkTrivia Teaser:
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| lowest-lying of the Earth's continents,
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| | The whale shark is a the biggest shark
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| having a total land area of some
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| | and the biggest fish in the world.
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| 8,560,000 square kilometres.Question:
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| | Despite its name it is NOT a whale. The
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| What is the earth creature with the
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| | whale shark is up to 46 feet (14 m) in
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| longest neck?Answers: SauroposeidonTrivia
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| | length and weighs up to 15 tons. The
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| Teaser: Sauroposeidon, a huge,
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| | average size is 25 feet (7.6 m) long.
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| long-necked sauropod, was found in
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| | Females are larger than males (like most
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| Oklahoma, USA, and may be the biggest
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| | sharks). It has a huge mouth which can be
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| dinosaur yet found. The name
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| | up to 4 feet (1.4 m) wide at the very
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| Sauroposeidon means "Lizard Earthquake
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| | front of its head (not on the underside
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| God," because this behemoth probably
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| | of the head like in most sharks). It has
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| shook the ground when it walked. This
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| | a wide, flat head, a rounded snout, small
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| giant plant-eater weighed about 60 tons
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| | eyes, five very large gill slits, two
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| and was about 60 feet tall. It has the
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| | dorsal fins (on its back) and two
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| longest neck in the fossil record,
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| | pectoral fins (on its sides). Whale
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| beating even the enormous dinosaur
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| | sharks have about 3,000 very tiny teeth
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| Mamenchisaurus. Individual vertebrae
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| | but they are of little use. This enormous
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| (neck bones) are up to 4 feet (1.2 m)
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| | shark is a filter feeder and eats by
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| long. A single bone looks more like a
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| | sieving huge amounts of plankton through
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| tree trunk than part of an animal's neck.
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| | its gills as it swims. The whale shark
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| Sauroposeidon lived about 110 million
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| | has distinctive light-yellow markings
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| years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous
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| | (random stripes and dots) on its very
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| period.Question: Name one of the first
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| | thick dark gray skin. Its skin is up to
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| crops ever cultivated? (there are
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| | four inches (10 cm) thick. There are
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| 3)Answers: Rice, Millet, or SorghumTrivia
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| | three prominent ridges running along each
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| Teaser: Rice, millet, and sorghum are
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| | side of the shark's body.Question: What
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| thought to be the first crops ever
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| | is the longest river in the
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| cultivated. Rice has been cultivated for
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| | world?Answers: NileTrivia Teaser: The
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| over 5000 years. There are thousands of
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| | longest river in the world is the Nile
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| different varieties of rice (Oryza
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| | River at 4,157 miles long. The Nile is
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| sativa). At the International Rice
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| | located in northeastern Africa,
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| Research Institute Genetic Resources
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| | originating from tributaries of Lake
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| Center in the Philippines, there are
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| | Victoria, and flows into the
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| 80,000 rice samples in cold storage. Rice
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| | Mediterranean Sea.
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| is grown on every continent except
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