Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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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 University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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