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1. People tend to be very loyal to their favorite brands of technology. Some people are devoted to Apple's
iPhones and some people are big fans of Android phones. These phones have several things in common,
including the ability to use the internet, download apps, and take pictures. There are also certain differences.
iPhones have sleek designs and sync well with other Apple products, like Apple watches. Androids, however,
have more options to customize. Also, iPhones usually come with a higher price tag.
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2. Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929. Her family moved to the Netherlands in the summer of 1933.
When she turned thirteen in 1942, she was given a diary for her birthday. At the same time, German Nazis were
rounding up Jewish families like her own, and she and her family soon had to go into hiding. They stayed
hidden for more than two years until they were caught and moved to a concentration camp. Anne Frank died
in the war, but her diary remains popular today.
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3. Cane toads come from South America, but they were brought to Australia in the 1930s. The reason people
brought them were to help control the beetles that were harming sugar crops, since the toads would eat the
beetles. Unfortunately, their introduction the country had some unexpected side effects. The toads began
reproducing quickly, and their population spread out of control. They began harming Australia's ecosystem and
were thought of as a big problem.
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4. Car crashes are extremely dangerous. In the past, not all cars had seatbelts. As highways began to spread
across the United States, more and more people were getting hurt in car crashes. The government made a new
law requiring everyone to wear a seatbelt in order to keep people safe. As a result, there were far fewer deaths
on the road. It was estimated that seatbelts saved about 14,000 lives in the year 2015.
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5. Monarch butterflies are some of the most well-known types of butterflies. They have distinctive features, such
as bright orange wings with black lines and white spots. Because of their color, they are sometimes called
common tiger butterflies. The males are bigger than the females, and they have six legs. They often fly with a
slow, sailing motion.
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