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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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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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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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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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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You forget 90% of your dreams.
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