1. Your brain is constantly eating itself -It "eats" itself as a cleanup process which removes damaged cells and synapses. However, it can become a problem because of sleep deprivation or aging. These can cause excessive eating of healthy connections and potentially neurodegenerative issues like Alzheimer's. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The brain can generate enough energy to power a small light bulb -It generates electricity through the movement of charged ions across neuron cell membranes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire -The first evidence of teaching at Oxford stems back to 1096, making it 930 years old as of 2026, centuries before the Aztec Empire's founding in 1428. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Woolly mammoths were still around when the Great Pyramids were being built -Woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island until about 1650BC while the Great Pyramids were built between 2600BC and 2500BC, making the Egyptians and woolly mammoths contemporaries for almost 1000 years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The shortest war lasted only 38 minutes -The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a war between the UK and the Sultanate of Zanzibar where the Uk obliterated the Zanzibar Royal Palace in only 38 minutes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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