If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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The Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago).
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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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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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