Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males. Click Here For More Details Read 1 Comments (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats. Click Here For More Details (Added: Thu Jan 12 2006)
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A Chinese Scientist discovered that the Earth is round during the Han Dynasty by measuring the sun and moon's path in the sky. He recorded this fact down in the imperial records but went unnoticed until it was unearthed recently but Chinese archaeologists. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy. Click Here For More Details Read 2 Comments (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006)
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A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy. Click Here For More Details (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006)
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A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993. Click Here For More Details (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006)
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African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds. (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems. In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamonds and opals. (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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Automobile building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world. (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day. Click Here For More Details (Added: Wed Sep 20 2006)
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Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool. Read 1 Comments (Added: Mon May 31 2004)
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By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements. (Added: Thu Oct 31 2002)
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