On an interesting island!
Posted on 07/04/2017 6:39:38 AM PDT by sodpoodle
JUST PLAIN NEAT INFORMATION…
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
If you stop getting thirsty , you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and curb appetite.
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid 28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
Strawberries and cashews are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
And last but not least:
This is called 'Money Bags .' So send this on to 5 people and money will arrive in 5 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui, the one who does not pass this on will have money troubles for the rest of the year.
Superstitious or not, I passed this along because it is interesting information
Interesting - But presumably not very prophetable for aspiring astrologers whose fates were sealed after being thrown into a well.
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Astute thinking, but ‘getting in’ is not quite the same as ‘being thrown in’. You must have some interesting ‘friends’. ;)
On an interesting island!
With a good telescope, you can see stars and some planets during the day.
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust. And welfare babies.
Looks like the L M Boyd site loaded with facts one will never remember them all very good.
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You can get lead to oxidize, but you have to heat it to over 1000 Degrees F. Just burying it in the ground won't cause oxidation, unless there is a volcano nearby.
Platinum won't oxidize at any temperature.
Most other metals will oxidize under the right conditions (I don't think Palladium does, but I'd have to look that up), but only iron rusts.
Pure (shiny) lead readily oxidizes at room temperature. It forms a passivating oxide surface layer that prevents further oxidation under the surface. Just scratch a piece of grey (oxidized) lead and watch the shiny part turn grey very soon.
Much easier to point the telescope, then all the math/ calendar cyphering.
Also, available in most back yards, without nearby trees.
They put out a mist of sap, not good for lens coatings.
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