It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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