Iceland has been so culturally isolated through history since the Vikings, that compared to other Scandinavian counties, people who speak Icelandic can still read the old Norsk sagas.
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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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 oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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The average person in their lifetime will spend an estimated 20,160 minutes kissing!
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