The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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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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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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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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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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