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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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Hypertension is a major health problem in the United States, where more than 50 million people over age six (and 1 in 4 adults) have the condition, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
The average rainfall around the world is 40 inches per year.
C. acetobutylicum, a nonpathogenic microbe that can convert starch into the solvents acetone and butanol, was used by Great Britain during World War I for generating acetone to produce cordite for artillery shells.
The largest recorded earthquake in the United States was a magnitude 9.2 that struck Prince William Sound, Alaska on Good Friday, March 28, 1964.
Siberian tigers are the largest of all of the tiger subspecies. Their size and extra thick, long coat help them survive temperatures as low as -49 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A women’s canoeing event was held for the first time in the 1948 Olympics - and won by Karen Hoff of Denmark.
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At the turn of the 20th century, over 100 years ago, the average American consumed about 70 cubic feet of wood each year for fuel. For easy thinking purposes, that is an amount roughly equivalent to a 4 by 8 foot sheet of plywood just over two feet thick.
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The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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By swallowing water, the Pufferfish becomes too big for other fish to swallow.
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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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It was not until about 600 million years ago that we find fossils that are recognizably animals, plants, or fungi.
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Ketchup is excellent for cleaning tarnished or corroded brass.
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The Polaroid Corporation was founded in 1937 with their first instant film produced in 1947 and instant camera in 1948.
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The International Space Station orbits at 248 miles above the Earth.
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