Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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 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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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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