The Cebrennus rechenbergi, or Moroccan flic-flac spider, doesn’t simply run from danger; it cartwheels away like a gymnast doing an Olympic floor exercise routine. Found only in the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco, it is active at night and spends its days inside a tubelike shelter that it builds from sand and spider silk.
Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in Olympic competition while representing what nation?
A) Bulgaria
B) Hungary
C) Romania
D) Soviet Union
Previous answer: Sherlock Holmes may have played the viola, not the violin.
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