Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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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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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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