The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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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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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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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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