Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant.
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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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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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 University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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