The solar system rotates around the galaxy once every 225- million years. The last time we were in our current position, dinosaurs were just beginning to walk the Earth!
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When your mother was born, she was already carrying the egg that would become you.
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A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale's heart.
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During pregnancy, if the mother suffers organ damage, the baby in the womb sends stem cells to repair the damaged organ.
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Planetary scientist Eugene Merle Shoemaker is the only human to have been buried on the moon.
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Before the invention of railways, it was believed that people would suffocate if they travelled faster than 30mph as they would not be able to breathe due to the surrounding air rushing past them.
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A desert snail spent 4 years glued to a card in the British museum before they realise it was still alive. It lived for two more years before it died, then it was put back on display.
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Comedian Jon Stewart proposed to his wife through a personalized crossword puzzle created with the help of Will Shortz, the crossword editor at The New York Times.
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A man named Walter Summerfold was struck by lightning 3 times in his life. After his death, his gravestone was also struck.
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Cigarettes were promoted as healthy products until the early 1950s.
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