Micro-organisms have been brought back to life after being frozen in perma-frost for three million years.

Eating the heart of a male Partridge was the cure for impotence in ancient Babylon.

The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.

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