Random Fascinating Facts

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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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    A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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