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 focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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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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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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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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