Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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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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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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