Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Not only are there rogue planets floating through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars, but it’s possible that these pitch-black lonely planets support life.
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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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