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9 Feb 2010
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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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An elephant may consume 500 pounds of hay and 60 gallons of water in a single day.
Smoking the below-ground root of the Strangling Fig has the effect of relieving pain.
A human baby utters its first word about 18 months after it is born. By the time it is two the baby has a vocabulary of about fifty words. By three the total has jumped to about a thousand. At six the total is about 13,000 words, and by 18 the now adult will have a comprehension vocabulary of 60,000 words.
It takes 4,000 crocuses to produce a single ounce of saffron. Saffron is used to colour and flavour foods, and formerly as a dyestuff and in medicine.
The Victoria Cross is the highest, and most highly prized, military decoration to be awarded. Only issued for acts of outstanding bravery and devotion to duty, it is open to all ranks, and can only be issued in times of war.
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High blood pressure affects more than one out of every three African Americans.
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The south pole of the Earth's magnet (which attracts the north pole of a compass needle) is called the North magnetic pole because of its position. It is located 1200 miles from the geographic north pole, off the Arctic shore of Canada.
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The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
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The penculine titmouse of Africa builds its home in such a sturdy manner that Masai tribesmen use their nests for purses and carrying cases.
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Two of the greatest writers who ever lived, William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes (who wrote Don Quixote), both died on 23rd April 1616.
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According to plant fossils dating to the period from 85 to 100 million years ago. Alaska had a climate similar to the southern California coast.
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Quasars emit more energy than 100 giant galaxies.
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The fax machine was patented in 1843 by Alexander Bain.
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Saturn has a magnetic field 1,000 times greater than the Earth's, and 20 times weaker then Jupiter's.
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