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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There are so many kinds of apples that if you ate a new one everyday, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
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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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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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