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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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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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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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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You forget 90% of your dreams.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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