There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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