What order of insects contains the most species?
What order of insects contains the most species? Beetles
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In China if you order white tea – what do you get?
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What is the only number in English that has letters in alpha order?
What is the only number in English that has letters in alpha order? Forty
What is unusual about the number 8549176320?
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