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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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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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