An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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