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What London property is more than half as bad as its name says?

The London Underground is known under the well-established brand "Underground", which literally means "Underground". However, only 45% of the system's lines are located in underground tunnels. The rest of the tracks, mostly in the suburbs, are on the surface.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What is a mammal?

Cats and dogs, elephants and bats, whales and horses, monkeys and humans - we all belong to the zoological class called mammals. The difference between mammals and all other animals is that their offspring are fed with milk from the mammary glands of females. In most mammals, young are born already fully formed, while birds, for example, lay eggs, from which only then chicks hatch.

A distinctive feature of mammals is hair or wool, completely or partially covering the body of most of them. All of them are warm-blooded, have a four-chambered heart and a diaphragm. Although the vast majority of mammals live on land, some of them - like whales and dolphins - live in the water. Many of them live in burrows - for example, moles and many rodents. Others, such as monkeys and squirrels, live in trees.

The only flying mammal is the bat. Scientists have divided mammals into a large number of smaller groups or orders. The lowest of these orders are echidnas and platypuses, or mammals that lay eggs. The next detachment is the detachment of the edentulous. Then there are marine mammals. Then - artiodactyl mammals. Predatory mammals eat meat, rodents - plant foods. The very name of insectivores suggests that they serve as food.

The highest order is primates, or mammals with nails instead of hooves or claws. Primates include various monkeys and humans.

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