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The 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism was an analog computer built to predict the planets

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

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve metal

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth

An octopus has three hearts, and two of them stop beating whenever it swims

Microsoft says its Majorana 2 chip kept a quantum bit alive for nearly a minute — but outside physicists say it still does not work

A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance, and their pink comes entirely from food

The human body makes about 2 million new red blood cells every single second

USGS says Kilauea’s 49th lava-fountain episode could erupt between June 13 and 19, the next burst in Hawaii’s record-breaking eruption

Roman concrete has lasted 2,000 years because seawater makes it grow stronger

A blue whale’s heart is roughly the size of a small car

At least three aftershocks of magnitude 6.0 or stronger have rattled Mindanao since Monday’s 7.8 quake, shaking survivors afraid to go back inside

Saturn is the only planet in the solar system light enough to float in water

Your brain runs on about 20 watts, the power of a dim light bulb

The oldest known cave paintings were made more than 45,000 years ago

Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so the current cannot drift them apart

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