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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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 at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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