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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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 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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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