Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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You forget 90% of your dreams.
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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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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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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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