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5 Jul 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 coldest place in Britain is Braemar in the Grampians in Scotland. With temperatures as low as -27 centigrade and on average only 6.3 centigrade.
The computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart at Stanford University in 1963 but it was not until 1984 that his invention was popularised by the launch of the Apple Macintosh Computer. Engelbart also pioneered the concept of using 'windows' in computing, which led to modern operating systems such as those developed by Microsoft.
A typical PC would have to be a million times more powerful to perform like the human brain.
The north magnetic pole, first located (1831) by English explorer Sir James C. Ross, is now about 78°N and 104°W in the Queen Elizabeth Islands of northern Canada.
The chemical n-acetyl-cysteine found in raw eggs is proven to help hangovers.
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The great Greek physician Hippocrates was recommending willow bark (the source of aspirin) for pain and fever about 2,500 years ago.
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In 1902 Mount Pelee, Martinique, erupted and killed 30,000 people in minutes. The only survivors were prisoners locked in a dungeon.
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Rudolph Diesel – father of the diesel engine – designed his first engine to run off peanut oil.
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Tunas will suffocate if they ever stop swimming. They need a continual flow of water across their gills to breathe, even while they rest.
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When the mummified body of Lady Dai was discovered (deceased around 145-178 BC) the blood in her veins was still red, her skin was still supple and her limbs could be manipulated.
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The smallest dinosaurs were just slightly larger than a chicken. Compsognathus is one of the smallest and was about 1 m (3 feet) long and weighed about 2.5 kg.
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Red light has the greatest wavelength.
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When a pickle is plugged into an electric current it turns yellow, and gives off a horendous smell.
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Venus rotates backwards, as compared to all the other planets.
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