Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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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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