Random Fascinating Facts

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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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    Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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    No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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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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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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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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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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