The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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