Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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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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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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