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Antarctica locks up about two-thirds of all the fresh water on Earth

The Great Pyramid stood as the tallest structure on Earth for nearly 4,000 years

The coldest known place in the universe is the Boomerang Nebula, just above absolute zero

Scientists turned rice into a material that hardens against a hard hit but stays soft to a gentle touch

About 80% of the world’s volcanic activity happens hidden beneath the oceans

Your brain burns about 20% of your body’s energy while weighing only about 2%

Earth has more than 1,500 potentially active volcanoes on land

The coldest known place in the universe is the Boomerang Nebula, just above absolute zero

A 343-patient trial found a new drug combo extended survival in an aggressive brain cancer

Tardigrades can survive being frozen, boiled and even exposed to the vacuum of space

Oxygen is the most abundant element in your body by weight

A hummingbird’s heart can beat more than 1,200 times a minute

Homing pigeons steer by a magnetic compass built from iron-packed immune cells in their liver

A sneeze can rocket out of your nose at around 100 miles per hour

Some Greenland sharks live more than 250 years, longer than any other animal with a backbone

Lightning strikes somewhere on Earth about 8 million times a day

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