Random Fascinating Facts

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    Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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    You forget 90% of your dreams.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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