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1. Clearwater has more lightning strikes per capita than any other city in the nation.
2. Gatorade was named after the University of Florida Gators football team, who first tested the drink.
3. More than 70 species of mosquitoes live in Florida.
4. The biggest bald eagle nest in the United States was found in Florida. It was 10 feet (3 m) wide and more than 20 feet (6 m) deep!
5. Walking catfish in Florida got their name because they can breathe out of water and can “walk” from one pond to another.
6. Florida has more than 40 plant species that can't be found anywhere else in the world.
7. In 1981, a sinkhole in Winter Park grew to more than 1,000 feet (305 m) wide. When it sunk, it took a house, part of the neighborhood pool, and several Porsches with it.
8. The Biltmore Hotel's swimming pool is the largest hotel pool in the United States. Located in Coral Gables, the pool holds 600,000 gallons of water.
9. In Everglades National Park, a 13-foot (3.9-m) Burmese python swallowed a 6-foot (1.8-m) alligator whole and then exploded!

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