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Interesting Things with JC

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273: "Bald Eagles Nest"

Interesting Things with JC #273: "Bald Eagles Nest" can be spotted from a distance due to its large size. When it comes to nest size, the Bald Eagle holds the world’s record as the largest tree nest ever recorded, not only for a bird but also for any animal.

The largest Bald Eagle nest on record was in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was 10 feet in diameter and 20 feet tall!

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207 - Interesting Things: Restaurant Chiggeri

If you visit the Restaurant Chiggeri in the city of Luxembourg, you can take your pick from more than 2,200 different wines. A professional connoisseur is on-site to guide you with what food is best paired with each wine. The majority of the wines on the menu having been there for more than six months. The wine menu is said to resemble a telephone book!

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199 - Interesting Things: USS Nautilus

On March 3rd 1980, the first nuclear submarine and the first vessel to go to the North Pole, the USS Nautilus was decommissioned. The Submarine was the sixth vessel of the US Navy to bear the name. The Nautilus was in active naval service from 1954 to 1980 and was the 571st submarine in the fleet.

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174 Interesting Things - Michelle Lesko - Fastest Time to Eat a Bowl of Pasta

The bowl had to contain 100 grams of pasta (uncooked weight) and at least 50 grams of sauce.

Every noodle entering the mouth had to be delivered via fork. You could use fingers to push noodles onto the fork, but could not lift or otherwise manipulate the bowl to facilitate noodle consumption.

26.69 seconds later, setting a Guinness World Record, Michelle Lesco easily surpassed the old mark of 41 seconds set four years ago by Canadian Pete Czerwinski for pasta eating.

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