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22 Nov 2009
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Nostradamus wrote 942 quatrains (4 line long poems) in his lifetime which he organised into centuries. Many people believe that he could predict the future and that these poems contain cryptic information about future events.
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Angel fish have different markings, including black, zebra, silver, gold, blushing, marble. They like high temperatures (27-29 Celsius or higher). Below 24C, the fish are sluggish and weak. Angelfish come from the Amazon region, and grow up to fifteen centimetres long. They like soft water, slightly acidic (PH 6.5 to 6.9).
The first contraceptive diaphragms, centuries ago, were citrus rinds ie half an orange rind.
The real breakthrough in combating transplant rejection came in 1970 with the introduction of the powerful immunosuppressor cyclosporine.
The octopus's testicles are located in its head.
The Moon orbits the Earth at an average distance of 236,000 miles.
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Experiments with animals suggest that cocaine is perhaps the most powerful drug of all in producing psychological dependence.
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Tsunamis, also called seismic sea waves or incorrectly tidal waves, are caused generally by earthquakes, less commonly by submarine landslides, infrequently by submarine volcanic eruptions and very rarely by large meteorite impacts in the ocean.
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Early Roman women were the pioneers for modern day beauty treatments. They employed white lead and chalk as face powders, squashed ants eggs and flies to emphasise the eyes, and red earth as blusher.
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We share 98.4% of our DNA with a chimp - and 70% with a slug.
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Paranormal researchers call the study of the crop circle phenomena 'cerealogy'.
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An eight-million year old alligator fossil found in the Amazon was 12 metres long and weighed 18 tonnes.
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Hydropower, where flowing water is used to spin a turbine connected to a generator, was the source of almost 7% of energy in the U.S. in 2003.
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Rubber products melted in hot weather, froze and cracked in cold, and adhered to virtually everything until Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped some rubber mixed with sulfur on a hot stove. Goodyear's discovered vulcanization strengthened rubber.
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A cosmic year is the amount of time it takes the sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way, about 225 million years.
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