Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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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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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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