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 strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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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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