A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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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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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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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 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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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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