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Railroad Standards
2008-11-24 22:31:00 As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. The eventual result was the adoption throughout a large part of the world of a standard gauge allowing inter-connectivity and the inter-operability of ... More About: Standards , History , General , Trains , Tracks
Hair Color and Age
2008-11-24 20:00:00 The color of your hair, your age, and even your gender have an impact on how many hairs are on your head. These modifiers even have a say in the denseness, and rate of growth of your hair. For example male hair is more dense than female hair, and females hair grows slower than males. ... More About: Health , Color , Human , Gender , Hair
Oak Trees and Acorns
2008-11-24 16:37:00 Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are at least 20 years old. Some don’t have their first year of acorn production until they are 50 years old. The tree will be producing thousands of acorns by the time it is 70-80 years old. Of these acorns, only about 1 in ... More About: Nature , Trees , Seeds
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2008-11-22 09:00:00 Poll: Internet, Fox News Are Most Trusted News Sources | Epicenter from Wired.com More About: Links , 2008
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Keen Vision of Hawks
2008-11-22 00:51:00 The vision of a hawk is many times sharper than that of a human being. Their retinas contain approximately 1 million photoreceptors per square millimeter and a human retina contains about 200,000 in the same amount of space. Every photoreceptor has a nerve connecting it to the hawk’s brain. Additionally, their eyes have special magnification ... More About: Eyes , Animals , Birds , Hawks , Vision
The World?s Smallest Aircraft
2008-11-21 16:23:00 The world’s smallest piloted aircraft was the Bumblebee II. The creator named the aircraft “bumblebee” because it is said that actual bumblebees do not have sufficient wing area to fly. At first, some engineers and pilots said the same about this tiny airplane. (http://www.aviationtrivia.info/Starr-Bum ble-Bee-II.php) More About: Technology , World , Aircraft , Small , Airplane
History of the Teddy Bear
2008-11-21 01:33:00 November 14th is designated as American Teddy Bear Day. According to the U.S. Navy, who provided the content, we have President Theodore Roosevelt to thank for the Teddy Bear. In November of 1902, President Roosevelt and friends were hunting, and came across an injured bear. A hunting guide asked Roosevelt to kill the bear so ... More About: Cartoon , History , Story , Animals
Healthy Pizza
2008-11-20 21:21:00 Surprise! Go ahead and eat your pizza, it is good for you! Most people would not agree, but pizza is a healthy food if you do it right. The right combination of ingredients can result in a very health meal or snack. Start with a whole wheat crust, add tomato sauce. ... More About: Health , Food , Pizza , Snack , Healthy
Melting Pearls With Vinegar
2008-11-20 18:57:00 White, distilled vinegar (which has been around for 10,000 years!) can actually melt pearls. Yes, this popular treasure of the ocean that is produced in a living, shelled mollusk will, in fact, melt in vinegar. According to http://www.vinegartips.com/facts/, vinegar is also known to soften eggs and turn a chicken bone rubbery in just 24 hours! More About: Food , Chemicals , Vinegar , Pearls
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2008-11-20 09:00:00 Blue Marble Next Generation : Feature Articles More About: Links , 2008
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How Silly Putty Was Invented
2008-11-20 04:38:00 Silly Putty was accidentally invented by James Wright of General Electric when he dropped boric acid into silicone oil. He was looking for a substitute for artificial rubber. GE supplied the newly discovered dilatant compound to researchers around the world. None found a use for it, but they all loved playing with it. [wikipedia] More About: History , Toy , Oil , Accident
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2008-11-17 09:00:00 Factsbuffet — A Collection of Curiosity A collection of little-known, interesting facts on an assortment of curious topics. More About: Links , 2008
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Silent Night
2008-11-14 00:21:00 “Silent Night is a traditional and popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in German by Fr. Josef Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz X. Gruber. The version of the melody that is generally sung today differs slightly (particularly in the final strain) from ... More About: Music , History , Holiday , Lyrics
School Bus Yellow
2008-11-13 21:08:00 “School bus yellow is a color which was especially formulated for use on United States school buses in 1939. The color is now officially known in the U.S. as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome.” From Wikipedia More About: Safety , Color , General , Automotive
What Does WD-40 Stand For?
2008-11-13 18:38:00 “WD-40 literally stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt. That’s the name straight out of the lab book used by the chemist who developed WD-40 back in 1953. The chemist, Norm Larsen, was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion; a task which is done by displacing water. Norm’s persistence paid off when he perfected ... More About: General , Words , Name , Chemicals , Definition
Honey Spoilage
2008-11-13 16:09:00 “Liquid honey does not spoil. Because of its high sugar concentration, it kills bacteria by plasmolysis. Natural airborne yeasts cannot become active in it because the moisture content is too low. Natural, raw honey varies from 14% to 18% moisture content. As long as the moisture content remains under 18%, virtually no organism can successfully ... More About: Food , Honey
Why Are Barns Red?
2008-11-13 04:16:00 “Many barns in the northern United States are painted red. One possible reason for this is that ferric oxide, which is used to create red paint, was the cheapest and most readily available chemical for farmers in New England and nearby areas. Barns were painted red from a mixture of soured milk and rust, which ... More About: History , Color , Paint , Chemical
What is RSS?
2008-11-13 04:09:00 “RSS is a family of web feed formats, specified in XML and used for Web syndication. RSS is used by (among other things) news websites, weblogs and podcasting. The abbreviation is variously used to refer to the following standards: Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91) RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0) Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) Web feeds provide ... More About: News , Internet , Technology , Words
Quick History of McDonalds
2008-11-13 04:04:00 “The company began in 1940 with a restaurant opened by siblings Dick and Mac McDonald, but it was their introduction of the “Speedee Service System” in 1948 that established the principles of the fast-food restaurant. However, the company today dates its “founding” to the opening of CEO Ray Kroc’s first franchised restaurant, the company’s ninth, ... More About: Food , History , Fast Food , Restaurant , Donalds
The Cost of a Penny
2008-11-12 18:44:00 “During the early 1970s, the price of copper rose to a point where the penny almost contained more than one cent’s worth of copper. This led the Mint to test alternate metals, including aluminum and bronze-clad steel. Aluminum was chosen, and over 1.5 million of these were struck and ready for public release before ultimately ... More About: History , Money , Currency , Cost , Cent
Webaholism
2008-11-12 18:11:00 “Webaholism is a dependency on the world-wide web (internet) characterized by craving (a strong need to use the internet for web browsing and chatting), loss of control (being unable to stop staying away from the internet despite a desire to do so), loss of interest in everything else.” [wikipedia] More About: Internet , Health , Technology , Addiction
The Story of Robert Ripley
2008-11-12 09:00:00 Robert LeRoy Ripley (12/26/1893 ? 5/27/1949) was the founder of Ripley?s Believe it or Not newspaper cartoon which featured odd and unusual facts, oddities and talents. On December 19, 1918 he was working in New York with the New York Globe newspaper drawing cartoons when he drew his first Believe it or Not! Cartoon , It featured ... More About: Entertainment , Travel , History , Story
Anatomy of the Finger
2008-11-05 20:21:00 “In anatomy, the thumb is the first finger and the little finger is the fifth finger. Thus the third finger means the middle finger in anatomy, not the ring finger as in daily English.” [read more] More About: Body , Anatomy , Human , Middle , Finger
Running Defined
2008-11-05 20:16:00 “Running is by definition the fastest means for an animal to move on foot. It is defined in sporting terms as a gait in which at some point all feet are off the ground at the same time. It is a form of aerobic exercise.” [read more] More About: Sports , Travel , Words , Definition
Shower-Curtain Effect
2008-11-05 17:00:00 “In physics, the shower-curtain effect is the phenomenon in which a shower curtain gets blown inwards with a running shower, regardless of the temperature of the water. The problem of the cause of this effect has been featured in Scientific American magazine, with several theories given to explain the phenomenon but no definite conclusion. ... More About: Science , General , Model , Effect , Shower
Cattle Stomachs
2008-11-05 16:03:00 “Cattle have one stomach, with four compartments. They are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. The rumen is the largest compartment and the reticulum is the smallest compartment. Cattle sometimes consume metal objects which are deposited in the reticulum, and this is where hardware disease occurs. The reticulum is known as the “Honeycomb.” The omasum’’s ... More About: Animals , Stomach
Dixville Notch, NH
More articles from this author:2008-11-04 15:38:00 “Dixville Notch , NH is the site of the first voting in the primary elections for the USA. The voters gather at the stroke of midnight to cast their ballots to the click and whir of news cameras from around the world.” [source] More About: Elections , General , New Hampshire , Vote 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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