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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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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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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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