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NFL Record for Most Wins by a Rookie
2008-10-05 23:54:00 “NFL Record for Most Wins by a Rookie: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger holds the National Football League record for most wins by a rookie QB - in the 2004 season, the Steelers (with Roethlisberger) won 13 games.” [wikipedia] More About: Sports , Game
English Books and ISBN Numbers
2008-10-05 23:53:00 “If the ten digit number on the back of a book starts with a zero or a one, the book is written in English .” [ISBN] More About: Books , General , Numbers
Chemical Composition of Air
2008-10-05 23:52:00 “The chemical composition of the air we breath is roughly 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen.” More About: Science , Elements , Composition , Chemical
Effects of Radiation on the Human Body
2008-10-05 23:51:00 “Effects of Radiation on the Human Body Brain cells do not reproduce, so they’re not damaged directly unless exposure is at 5,000 rems or greater. As with the heart, radiation kills nerve cells and small blood vessels, and can result in seizures and immediate death. ” [http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/rad effects.shtml#Heart] More About: Science , Health , Death
Jeremy Bentham?s Skeleton
2008-10-05 02:34:00 “Jeremy Bentham, a British philosopher who died in 1832, left his entire estate to the London Hospital provided that his body be allowed to preside over its board meetings. His skeleton was clothed and fitted with a wax mask of his face. It was present at the meeting for 92 years.” [http://www.berro.com/entertainment/gener al_interesting_facts.htm] More About: History , Body , Skeleton , Human
Acids in Hair
2008-10-05 02:33:00 “There are up to sixteen different Amino Acid s in one strand of hair.” More About: Science , Human , Hair , Lame
The Largest Flower Bloom
2008-10-05 01:47:00 “The flower with the world’s largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds. ” [http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/ flower.html] More About: Nature , Flower , Plant , Bloom
Sun Energy
2008-09-23 06:11:00 “How much energy comes to earth from the sun? Yearly, the earth receives 6,000 times more sunlight energy than humans consume.” [link] More About: Science , Power , Space , Earth , Energy
The Philadelphia Mint
2008-09-22 06:15:00 “The Philadelphia Mint has the capacity to produce 1.8 million coins an hour, 32 million coins per day, and 13.5 billion coins every year.” www.ushistory.org More About: United States , Money , Currency , Make , Cash
Oxygen
2008-09-22 06:13:00 “In Earth ’s crust, oxygen is more abundant than any other element. Oxygen was discovered in 1774 by the British chemist Joseph Priestly and, independently, by the Swedish Chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele; it was shown to be and elemental gas by the French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier in his classic experiments on combustion. The element’’s name ... More About: Science , Discovery , Alchemy , Acid
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TV Aspect Ratio
2008-09-05 06:05:00 “HDTVs have an aspect ratio of 16:9, like a movie screen, while standard defintion television have an square shaped aspect ratio of 4:3.” [source] More About: Television , Entertainment , Definition
Ratio of Protons and Electrons [Fun]
2008-09-05 06:04:00 “The ratio of the mass of a proton to an electron is roughly 1836. Aren”t you glad to know that?” [source] More About: Science , Lame , Proton
The Spring Roll
2008-09-05 06:03:00 “The spring roll is said by some to be the predecessor of the egg roll.” [from wikipedia] More About: Food , Spring , Roll
Beetles and Such
2008-09-03 05:43:00 “Approximately 40% of all named animal species are beetles; they comprise 20% of all living animals - that is, one in every five animals is a beetle!” [wikipedia] More About: Animals
Fear of Going To Bed
2008-09-03 05:42:00 “If a person has a fear of going to bed, then he or she has clinophobia.” [http://www.medterms.com] More About: Words , Fear , Sleep , Phobia
The Largest Voluntary Professional Organization
2008-09-03 05:41:00 “The American Bar Association , chaired by Karen Mathis of Denver, Colorado, with over 400,000 members is the largest voluntary professional organization.” [http://www.abanet.org] More About: Organization , General , Voluntary , Volunteer
Van Gogh
2008-09-02 04:39:00 “Van Gogh wasn”t as crazy as people thought he was, he suffered from epilepsy which, at the time, was extremely misunderstood.” [wikipedia] More About: Health , History , Artist , Crazy
Baby Llamas
2008-09-02 04:37:00 “Baby llamas are normally born during daylight hours.” [http://www.llamaman.com] More About: Animals , Birth
Computer Wallpaper
2008-09-02 04:37:00 “The terms wallpaper and desktop picture refer to an image used as a background on a computer screen, usually for the desktop of a graphical user interface. ”Wallpaper ” is the term used in Microsoft Windows, while the Mac OS avoids mixing metaphors by calling it a ”desktop picture” (prior to Mac OS X, the term ... More About: Entertainment , Computers , Desktop
International Space Station
2008-09-02 04:36:00 “The space station is located in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 360 km (220 miles), a type of orbit usually termed low Earth orbit (The actual height varies over time by several kilometres due to atmospheric drag and reboosts [3]). It orbits Earth in a period of about 92 minutes; by ... More About: International , Space , Station , Orbit
The Slow Loris
2008-09-02 04:34:00 “The Slow Loris is a small primate that actually secretes a toxin which it licks off of its arms before biting in self-defense.” [http://www.kingsnake.com/toxinology/lori s/slow_loris.html] More About: Animals
Moonquakes
2008-09-01 18:06:00 “A moonquake is the lunar equivalent of an earthquake. They were first discovered by the Apollo astronauts. Moon quakes are much weaker than earthquakes. According to NASA, there are at least four different kinds of moonquakes: Deep moonquakes (~700 km below the surface, probably caused by tidal in origin) Meteorites impact vibrations Thermal quakes (the frigid lunar crust ... More About: Science , Space , Earthquake , Astronauts
Etymology of Christmas
2008-09-01 18:02:00 From wikipedia.org “After the conversion of Anglo-Saxon Britain in the early 7th century, Christmas was referred to as geol[3], the name of the pre-Christian solstice festival from which the current English word ”Yule” is derived. The word “Christmas” is a contraction meaning “Christ’’s mass.” It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes ... More About: History , Holiday , Words
New York Area Code
2008-08-23 23:17:00 “New York City received the area code 212 because it is the fastest code to dial using a rotary phone and New York is the most populous city in the United States. The next largest cities at the time were Chicago and Los Angeles. They received the next fastest numbers to dial, 312 and 213 ... More About: History , Code , Telephone
The Planet Jupiter
2008-08-23 23:16:00 “Jupiter is our solar system’’s largest planet. It is made almost entirely of gas and liquid. It has a distinctive feature on it called the Great Red Spot which is a giant storm in its atmosphere.” [nasa.gov] More About: Space , Planet , The Planet
Fractions of Sevenths
2008-08-23 23:11:00 “There is an interesting pattern with the fractions of sevenths (1/7th, 2/7th, 3/7th, 4/7th, 5/7th, 6/7th.). First, there are only 6 digits that are used in these fractions, and they repeat. So, for example, 1/7th is equal to .142857142857142857….(it keeps going). but here’’s the cool part - to get 2/7th, you just find the next ... More About: Math , Numbers , Seven , Division
Tigon
2008-08-23 23:10:00 “A tigon is an artificially bred cross between a male tiger and a female lion.” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon] More About: Animals , Lion , Tiger
The Worlds Oldest Joke
2008-08-23 22:12:00 Did you know that the worlds oldest known joke dates back to 1900BC? It is a saying of the Sumerian people who lived in what is now Iraq. “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.” Submitted By Fran in the Forums More About: Entertainment , History , Joke , Worlds
555 Area Code
More articles from this author:2008-08-23 22:10:00 “The 555 area code used in movie/TV phone numbers is “fake” and is not assigned to any real city or town.” [source] More About: Movies , Entertainment , Code , Telephone , Area 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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