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NUMBER OF MONTHS that a pigeon was detained in Mumbai, India, on suspicion of being a Chinese spy. The bird had a ring with a microchip on its leg. It was released early this year after a police investigation.

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LENGTH of the world’s longest baguette, which was made in France earlier this year. It took 18 bakers and a specially made oven on wheels to prepare the record-breaking bread, which measured around 235 times the length of a traditional baguette.

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NUMBER OF SECONDS timekeepers may need to subtract from world clocks in 2029 because the planet is now spinning slightly faster than it used to. This would be the first time ever that clocks would need to skip a second.

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