An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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