An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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When you look up at the blue sky and see white dots flying around, you’re actually seeing your own white blood cells.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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The Platypus used to be considered a myth like Bigfoot and the Yeti.
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The "Cobra Effect" is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.
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In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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