The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brick wall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
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A koi fish, named "Hanako", was owned by several individuals over many years and lived to be 226 years old, dying in 1977.
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The colossal squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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Cows as they are today never existed in the wild and were domesticated from aurochs some 10,500 years ago.
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