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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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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