Random Fascinating Facts

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    You forget 90% of your dreams.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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    No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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