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1. Africa is Bigger Than You Think
On most world maps (thanks to the Mercator projection), Africa looks smaller than it is. In reality, you could fit the United States, China, India, and most of Europe inside Africa — all at once.

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2. Cleopatra Was Closer to the iPhone Than the Pyramids
Cleopatra VII lived around 69 BC. The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed around 2560 BC — over 2,500 years earlier. The iPhone came out in 2007, meaning Cleopatra was closer in time to smartphones than to the pyramid builders.

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3. The World's Richest Person Ever Was African
Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali in the 14th century, was so wealthy that his gold distribution caused economic collapse in regions he passed through — including Egypt — because he gave away so much gold.

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4. The First Open-Heart Surgery Was Performed by a Black Man
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American surgeon, performed the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893 — long before modern technology.

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5. Antarctica Used to Be a Rainforest
About 90 million years ago, Antarctica was lush and green — home to dinosaurs, warm temperatures, and rivers. Fossil evidence shows palm trees and even tropical plants once grew there.

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6. A Woman Once Gave Birth to 69 Children
A Russian woman from the 1700s, known as Mrs. Vassilyev, holds the record for the most children born to one mother — 69 kids over 27 pregnancies (16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets).

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7. The Great Wall of China Isn’t Fully Visible From Space
Despite the myth, astronauts confirmed the wall is barely visible from low Earth orbit — but things like cities and deserts are much clearer.

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8. There's a Hidden Continent Under the Ocean
Zealandia, a submerged continent around 94% underwater, stretches beneath New Zealand and the surrounding Pacific. Scientists only recognized it as a continent in 2017.

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9. The Moon is Moving Away From Earth
The Moon drifts about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) farther from Earth each year. Millions of years from now, it’ll affect our tides and eclipses — no more total solar eclipses!

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10. Humans Have Explored Less Than 5% of the Ocean
Despite our advanced technology, 95% of Earth’s oceans remain unexplored. Scientists believe millions of undiscovered species — and maybe even lost civilizations — are still hidden beneath the waves.

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