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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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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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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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