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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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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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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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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