Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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