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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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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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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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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