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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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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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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