Afzal Ansari

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1. First Supercar: 1967 Lamborghini Miura, considered the world's first. 2. Fastest Production Car: Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, reaches 330 mph. 3. Most Expensive: 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, sold for $48.4 million. 4. Longest Production Run: Porsche 911, over 50 years. 5. Rare Gem: 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, only 140 built. 6. Lightweight Champion: Caterham Seven, weighs just 1,100 pounds. 7. Hybrid Pioneer: 1998 Toyota Prius, first mass-produced hybrid sports car. 8. Hand-Built: Rolls-Royce Phantom, takes 450 hours to assemble. 9. Record Breaker: Hennessey Venom F5, 0-60 mph in 2 seconds. 10. Electric Powerhouse: Rimac C_Two, 1,914 horsepower. Some additional rare facts: - The McLaren F1 has a gold-coated engine bay. - Ferrari's iconic logo is inspired by Count Francesco Baracca's plane. - Lamborghini's first car was a tractor.

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1. First Stock Exchange: Amsterdam Stock Exchange (1602) was the first. 2. Longest Bull Run: 1990-2000, S&P 500 rose 417% in 10 years. 3. Shortest Bear Market: 2020, S&P 500 fell 33% in 33 days. 4. Largest IPO: Alibaba Group (2014) raised $25 billion. 5. Most Traded Stock: On average, Apple is the most traded stock daily. 6. Market Capitalization: Apple is the first company to reach $3 trillion. 7. Trading Hours: NYSE is open 253 days per year, 6.5 hours per day. 8. Stock Ticker Symbol: IBM was the first company to use a ticker symbol (1896). 9. Circuit Breaker: Introduced in 1988 to halt trading during extreme volatility. 10. Flash Crash: 2010, Dow Jones plummeted 9% in minutes due to algorithmic trading.

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1. First Crypto: Bitcoin was the first decentralized cryptocurrency, launched in 2009. 2. Lost Coins: Estimated 20% of all Bitcoin is lost forever due to forgotten passwords. 3. Rarest Coin: Only 21 million Bitcoin will ever exist. 4. Fastest Transaction: Dogecoin has the fastest transaction time, at just 1 minute. 5. Largest Supply: Ethereum has the largest maximum supply, at 100 billion. 6. Most Expensive: Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $64,804 in 2021. 7. First Altcoin: Namecoin was the first altcoin, launched in 2011. 8. Crypto Whale: The largest Bitcoin wallet holds over 250,000 BTC. 9. Mining Difficulty: Bitcoin mining difficulty adjusts every 2016 blocks. 10. Quantum Resistance: Quantum computers can potentially break some crypto algorithms

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1. Unique Iris: Just like fingerprints, no two irises are identical. 2. Blind Spot: Everyone has a blind spot in each eye, located where the optic nerve meets the retina. 3. Eye Movement: Eyes move 3-4 times per second, making them the fastest moving muscles. 4. Color Perception: Some people have Tetrachromacy, seeing 100 million colors due to extra cone cells. 5. Eye Shape: Almond-shaped eyes are most common, but others have round, hooded, or monolids. 6. Pupil Size: Pupils change size 50% when looking at something pleasing. 7. Eye Contact: Humans maintain eye contact 30-60% of conversation time

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- The brain uses 20% of the body's energy, despite accounting for only 2% of its mass. - You have around 70,000 thoughts per day. - The brain can store up to 100 terabytes of information. - The longest recorded recorded flight of a brain cell (neuron) is over 3.5 feet! - You can't tickle yourself because your brain anticipates the sensation. - The brain has a unique "fingerprint" like fingerprints, no two brains are alike. - Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small light bulb. - The brain can process visual information in 13 milliseconds.

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- Most complicated watch: Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 (57 complications) - First watch in space: Russian Sturmanskie (1961) - Most expensive watch: Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 ($31.1 million) - Smallest watch: Zenith Calibre 135 (1.38 inches) - Rarest watch material: Damascus steel

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