Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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