The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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