Random Fascinating Facts

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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    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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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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    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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    Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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    Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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    Robo Fish
    Robo Fish
    A robotic fsh created by researchers at NYU-Poly was left to interact with normal fish. It was accepted by them and soon guided them as a leader.
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