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Centaur 2060 Chiron having a diameter of 115 miles, is
the largest known comet.
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(+) The hottest
planet in our solar system is Venus, with surface
temperatures upto 867 deg. Fahrenheit.
The coldest planet is Pluto which has surface temp. of
-387 deg. Fahr.(similar to Neptune's moon Triton).
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(+) The largest
star is the M-class supergiant Betelgeuse (Alpha
Orionis), which is 430 light years away from the earth,
has a diameter of 610 million miles - 700 times greater
than that of the Sun.
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(+) Some species
of Bamboo grow at a rate of up to 3 feet per day.
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(+) The largest
chicken on record, a rooster named Weirdo, reportedly
weighed 22 pounds in January 1973. Weirdo's prodigious
size was the result of cross breeding and was accompanied
by a vicious streak: he once ripped through a wire fence
to maul another giant rooster, and on other occasion
maimed a dog and killed two cats.
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