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8 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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In 1895, Einstein entered Zurich Polytechnic Institute in Switzerland. Whilst there he managed to upset one of his physics teachers, Jean Pernet, who said of Einstein - "You're enthusiastic, but hopeless at physics. For your own good, you should switch to something else, medicine maybe, literature or law".
The deepest mine is a gold mine in South Africa; in 1977 the Western Deep Levels Mine reached a depth of 3,581 metres. Most mines descend to about 1,000 metres.
Melanoma occurrence increased in Scotland by 82 percent between 1979 and 1989.
The metal part of a lamp that surrounds the bulb and supports the shade is called a harp.
Originally made out of animal gut, condoms were used by the Ancient Egyptians. However, the oldest surviving remains of one come from the foundations of Dudley castle and date to around 1640. This is not the first condom, but it is the first we can be sure existed.
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Every night each human sheds approximately 3 grams of skin particles.
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Yuma in Arizona averages 175 days every year where the temperature is above 90 degrees. By contrast, Honolulu in Hawaii averages only 23 days a year above 90. However, it does have the highest winter (December-February) normal temperatures at 72.8° F of the US States.
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The tail section of an airplane gives the bumpiest ride.
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An alligator has about 80 teeth in its mouth at one time. An alligator can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime.
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The location of the Bermuda Triangle is between 80-90 degrees West and 30-20 degrees North. About 66 planes and ships are supposed to have disappeared mysteriously in this area.
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Pterosaurs, which were winged cousins of dinosaurs, were the first vertebrates to take to the air.
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Water will shrink as it is cooled until it reaches a temperature of about 4 degrees centigrade. Below this temperature, water actually expands when cooled and shrinks when it is heated, so water at the bottom of the ocean doesn't freeze since water colder than 4 degrees centigrade will be less dense and will float upward.
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The Walkman was launched in Japan by Sony in 1979.
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The position of the orbital nodes of Venus with respect to Earth are slowly changing with time. Five thousand years ago, transits occurred around May 21 and November 19. At present, the transits occur within a day of June 7 and December 9. In about 1500 years, the transits will occur during Earth's solstices (June 21 and December 22).
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