- 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.
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The external tank on space shuttles is not painted. It is the only part of the shuttle that is lost after launch, so it is not necessary to worry about metal corrosion.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The longest recorded duration of a total solar eclipse was 7.5 minutes.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Central African raffia palm is known to have the longest leaves. The leaves can measure up to 82.5 feet long.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In the Netherlands, there are special traffic lanes for bicycles. There are approximately 17,000 kms of cycle lanes with special bicycle traffic lights.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Hubble telescope is so powerful that it is like pointing a beam of light at a dime that is two hundred miles away.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to have a TV run for three hours.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - 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.
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