The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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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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