- It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
 Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- Cubic Zirconia is 55% heavier than real diamonds.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- There is no element on Mendeleev's (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- The word "laser" stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation."
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- On September 7, 1997, the first flight of the F-22a occurred.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- Musk is extracted from the bottom of a civet, and is used as an ingredient to make perfumes.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- Enough paper is recycled in the USA every day, that a 15 mile long train of boxcars could be filled up with paper.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- Every second, 630 steel cans are recycled.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- Diamonds were first discovered in the riverbeds of the Golconda region of India over 4,000 years ago.
Write Comment
(Added: Fri Oct 31 2008 By Admin)
- The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does not grow branches until it is 75 years old.
 More Details Write Comment
(Added: Sun Sep 21 2008 By Admin)
- A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
More Details Write Comment
(Added: Sat Sep 20 2008 By Admin)
- In February 1878, the first telephone book was published in New Haven, Connecticut. The book was one page long and had fifty names in it.
More Details Write Comment
(Added: Sat Sep 20 2008 By Admin)
- Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- 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.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- Google receives more than 200 million search queries a day, more than half of which come from outside the United States. Peak traffic hours to google.com are between 6 a.m. and noon PST, when more than 2,000 search queries are answered a second.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- Roses generally need around 6 hours of sunlight to grow properly.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- In Johannesburg, the average car will be involved in an accident once every four years.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittleof of England in 1930.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
- On average, there is about three molecules of ozone for every 10 million air molecules.
Write Comment
(Added: Sat May 31 2008 By Admin)
Page(s) : 1 2 3 4
|
