Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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 oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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