Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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