The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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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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