Random Fascinating Facts

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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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    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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    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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    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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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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