Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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If you have 1 billion dollars and spend $1,000 every day, it would take you 2,740 years to go broke.
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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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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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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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There is a persistent storm in Venezuela that produces lightning 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour and has been going since at least the 16th century.
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