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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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The first manned space flight happened on the 12th April 1961, when Yuri Gagarin made a complete orbit of the Earth before landing safely back in Russia.
The 6th century B.C. philosopher Pythagoras condemned the fava bean and would not let his followers eat it. It was thought that they contained the souls of the dead.
The fat molecules in goat's milk are five times smaller than those found in cow's milk. It takes twenty minutes for the stomach to break down as opposed to the hour it takes to break down cow's milk.
Atomic Time replaced Earth Time as the world's official scientific time standard in 1972.
Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this (Try it!!)
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5000 chemicals are used in the manufacture of fragrances. Of these over 90% of these ingredients are derived from petroleum.
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The City of Mississauga is Canada's 6th largest city.
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Grand Prix racing motorbikes can accelerate from 0-60mph in 2.7 seconds.
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Though everyone thinks of spiders feeding primarily on flies, and it is true that spiders eat an awful lot of flies, the spiders don't always get it all their own way. Microphorus crassipes steals much of its food from the spiders own web.
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The U.S. Board of Geographic Names does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official name and does not maintain an official file on the area.
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The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.
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The earliest evidence of human appreciation for the pleasing qualities of these proportions is found in the pyramids at Giza, which appear to have been built with a 5 to 8 ratio between height and base. This is a close approximation (0.625) to the ""perfect"" ratio, although scholars disagree over whether the Egyptians were actually aware of it.
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It was once believed that eating an eel's heart would allow the eater to see into the future.
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During the winter on Mars, temperatures plummet to minus 125 degrees centigrade, and the air begins to freeze solid as a veil of 'dry ice'. In a bad winter, a quarter of Mar's atmosphere is frozen.
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