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6β£Is it possible to fire a gun in space?
Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.
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6β£Is it possible to fire a gun in space?
Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.
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7β£Why are there 60 seconds in a minute?
THE DIVISION of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC
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7β£Why are there 60 seconds in a minute?
THE DIVISION of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC
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1β£Who refused a Nobel Prize?
Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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1β£Who refused a Nobel Prize?
Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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2β£ Why is it called AM and PM?
These clocks are generally known as 12-hour clocks. The first period of the day is called βante meridiemβ, which means before noon in Latin. The second period is called βpost meridiemβ, meaning after noon in Latin.
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2β£ Why is it called AM and PM?
These clocks are generally known as 12-hour clocks. The first period of the day is called βante meridiemβ, which means before noon in Latin. The second period is called βpost meridiemβ, meaning after noon in Latin.
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3β£ How many islands are there in Japan?
Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area.
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3β£ How many islands are there in Japan?
Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which together comprise about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area.
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4β£Who is Athens named after?
The Athenians, under their ruler Cecrops, accepted the olive tree and named the city after Athena. A sacred olive tree said to be the one created by the goddess was still kept on the Acropolis at the time of Pausanias (2nd century AD).
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4β£Who is Athens named after?
The Athenians, under their ruler Cecrops, accepted the olive tree and named the city after Athena. A sacred olive tree said to be the one created by the goddess was still kept on the Acropolis at the time of Pausanias (2nd century AD).
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5β£How much does the world's largest elephant weigh?
This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg), with a shoulder height of 3.96 meters (13.0 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant. 3. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal.
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5β£How much does the world's largest elephant weigh?
This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg), with a shoulder height of 3.96 meters (13.0 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant. 3. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal.
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6β£ Who invented the balloon?
The first rubber balloons were made by Professor Michael Faraday in 1824 for use in his experiments with hydrogen at the Royal Institution in London. `The caoutchouc is exceedingly elastic', he wrote in the Quarterly Journal of Science the same year.
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6β£ Who invented the balloon?
The first rubber balloons were made by Professor Michael Faraday in 1824 for use in his experiments with hydrogen at the Royal Institution in London. `The caoutchouc is exceedingly elastic', he wrote in the Quarterly Journal of Science the same year.
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7β£ How long is the Channel Tunnel?
The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche; also referred to as the Chunnel) is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
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7β£ How long is the Channel Tunnel?
The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche; also referred to as the Chunnel) is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
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1οΈβ£Which bird is the fastest swimmer?
_In flight, the fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift of Siberia which can reach speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, but the fastest bird in the water is the Gentoo penguin, which swims at about 22 mph. (Watch this video of a Gentoo swimming madly to avoid a pod of hungry orcas.)
2οΈβ£How long apart can twins be born?
_For twins Amy and Katie were incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy β but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now become a Guinness World Record for the βlongest interval between the birth of twinsβ.
3οΈβ£What year did mcdonalds start serving breakfast?
_By 1976, McDonald's had served 20 billion hamburgers, and system wide sales exceeded $3 billion. The company pioneered breakfast fast food with the introduction of the Egg McMuffin in 1972 when market research indicated that a quick breakfast would be welcomed by consumers.
4οΈβ£Can you eat eggs after the expiration date?
_According to the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, eggs in the shell will maintain freshness for three to five weeks beyond the carton's stamped expiration date, provided that you keep them refrigerated at a temperature of about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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1οΈβ£Which bird is the fastest swimmer?
_In flight, the fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift of Siberia which can reach speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, but the fastest bird in the water is the Gentoo penguin, which swims at about 22 mph. (Watch this video of a Gentoo swimming madly to avoid a pod of hungry orcas.)
2οΈβ£How long apart can twins be born?
_For twins Amy and Katie were incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy β but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now become a Guinness World Record for the βlongest interval between the birth of twinsβ.
3οΈβ£What year did mcdonalds start serving breakfast?
_By 1976, McDonald's had served 20 billion hamburgers, and system wide sales exceeded $3 billion. The company pioneered breakfast fast food with the introduction of the Egg McMuffin in 1972 when market research indicated that a quick breakfast would be welcomed by consumers.
4οΈβ£Can you eat eggs after the expiration date?
_According to the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, eggs in the shell will maintain freshness for three to five weeks beyond the carton's stamped expiration date, provided that you keep them refrigerated at a temperature of about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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1β£What temperature does water have to be to kill bacteria?
Some bacteria are actually resistant to the temperature of boiling water (100 degrees C.). To kill all the bacteria, you need to raise the temperature to about 121 degrees C. To get water to this temperature, you must heat it under pressure.
2β£ How long is the earth's circumference?
The circumference of Earth at the equator is about 24,902 miles (40,075 km), but from pole-to-pole β the meridional circumference β Earth is only 24,860 miles (40,008 km) around. This shape, caused by the flattening at the poles, is called an oblate spheroid.
3β£ Is the liver the largest organ in the body?
Weighing in at around 3 pounds, the liver is the body's second largest organ; only the skin is larger and heavier. The liver performs many essential functions related to digestion, metabolism, immunity, and the storage of nutrients within the body.
4β£ Who wrote the first computer program?
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 β 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
5β£Why is Japan called The Land of the Rising Sun?
So from the continental point of view, Japan is in the direction of the sunrise. This is why the Japanese began to call their country Nihon or Nippon, literally meaning "source of the sun" and often translated into English as "land of the rising sun."
6β£Which animal's eye is bigger than its brain?
Ostrich has the biggest eyes in the whole animal kingdom. Its eye is bigger than its brain. Ostriches don't hide their head in the sand. They will lay their head on the ground if they sense a danger.
7β£Why does the sun lighten our hair and darken our skin?
Melanin is a pigment found in your skin and hair cells that gives each its color. It does seem weird that the sun bleaches our hair and darkens our skin. This mostly has to do with hair being dead and skin being alive. The sun bleaches and destroys the melanin in your hair giving you lighter hair.
8β£Why is it called Greenland?
The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder. He set out in ships to find land rumoured to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grfnland (Greenland), possibly to attract more people to settle there.
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1β£What temperature does water have to be to kill bacteria?
Some bacteria are actually resistant to the temperature of boiling water (100 degrees C.). To kill all the bacteria, you need to raise the temperature to about 121 degrees C. To get water to this temperature, you must heat it under pressure.
2β£ How long is the earth's circumference?
The circumference of Earth at the equator is about 24,902 miles (40,075 km), but from pole-to-pole β the meridional circumference β Earth is only 24,860 miles (40,008 km) around. This shape, caused by the flattening at the poles, is called an oblate spheroid.
3β£ Is the liver the largest organ in the body?
Weighing in at around 3 pounds, the liver is the body's second largest organ; only the skin is larger and heavier. The liver performs many essential functions related to digestion, metabolism, immunity, and the storage of nutrients within the body.
4β£ Who wrote the first computer program?
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 β 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
5β£Why is Japan called The Land of the Rising Sun?
So from the continental point of view, Japan is in the direction of the sunrise. This is why the Japanese began to call their country Nihon or Nippon, literally meaning "source of the sun" and often translated into English as "land of the rising sun."
6β£Which animal's eye is bigger than its brain?
Ostrich has the biggest eyes in the whole animal kingdom. Its eye is bigger than its brain. Ostriches don't hide their head in the sand. They will lay their head on the ground if they sense a danger.
7β£Why does the sun lighten our hair and darken our skin?
Melanin is a pigment found in your skin and hair cells that gives each its color. It does seem weird that the sun bleaches our hair and darkens our skin. This mostly has to do with hair being dead and skin being alive. The sun bleaches and destroys the melanin in your hair giving you lighter hair.
8β£Why is it called Greenland?
The name Greenland comes from Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder. He set out in ships to find land rumoured to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grfnland (Greenland), possibly to attract more people to settle there.
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1οΈβ£Are there any English words with two 'u's in a row?
vacuum = a space
continuum = a continuous sequence
residuum = a chemical residue
menstruum = the matter discharged during menstruation
triduum= a three-day period of religious observance in the Catholic Church
duumvir = each of a pair of magistrates holding joint office in ancient Rome
duumvirate = a coalition of two people having joint authority
2οΈβ£Does βbimonthlyβ mean βtwice a monthβ or βevery two monthsβ?
Unfortunately it means both! In the publishing industry, though, it's used fairly consistently to mean 'every two months', so that a bimonthly magazine is generally one that's issued every two months. The same ambiguity affects biweekly and biyearly. If you want to be absolutely clear, it's best to use a phrase such as 'twice a week' or 'every two years'.
3οΈβ£Is there a word for a baby hedgehog?
Until relatively recently there was no well established word for a baby hedgehog. Although the word kit had occasionally been used, and sometimes pup or piglet, most books about mammals just called them 'baby' or 'young' hedgehogs.
However, by the early 1990s the word hoglet (or sometimes hedgehoglet) had been introduced, and this word seems to have been in general use among those people with an interest in hedgehogs since at least the mid-1990s.
4οΈβ£What comes after primary, secondary, tertiary?
The sequence continues with quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, and denary, although most of these terms are rarely used. There's no word relating to the number eleven but there is one that relates to the number twelve: duodenary.
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1οΈβ£Are there any English words with two 'u's in a row?
vacuum = a space
continuum = a continuous sequence
residuum = a chemical residue
menstruum = the matter discharged during menstruation
triduum= a three-day period of religious observance in the Catholic Church
duumvir = each of a pair of magistrates holding joint office in ancient Rome
duumvirate = a coalition of two people having joint authority
2οΈβ£Does βbimonthlyβ mean βtwice a monthβ or βevery two monthsβ?
Unfortunately it means both! In the publishing industry, though, it's used fairly consistently to mean 'every two months', so that a bimonthly magazine is generally one that's issued every two months. The same ambiguity affects biweekly and biyearly. If you want to be absolutely clear, it's best to use a phrase such as 'twice a week' or 'every two years'.
3οΈβ£Is there a word for a baby hedgehog?
Until relatively recently there was no well established word for a baby hedgehog. Although the word kit had occasionally been used, and sometimes pup or piglet, most books about mammals just called them 'baby' or 'young' hedgehogs.
However, by the early 1990s the word hoglet (or sometimes hedgehoglet) had been introduced, and this word seems to have been in general use among those people with an interest in hedgehogs since at least the mid-1990s.
4οΈβ£What comes after primary, secondary, tertiary?
The sequence continues with quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, and denary, although most of these terms are rarely used. There's no word relating to the number eleven but there is one that relates to the number twelve: duodenary.
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1β£ How many taste buds do catfish have?
That's because this creature has taste buds not only in its mouth, but all over its body. Catfish (order Siluriformes), those beady-eyed fish named for their feline-like whiskers, typically have more than 100,000 taste buds. Some large catfish can have as many as 175,000.
2β£ Why is it called the alphabet?
The English word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Greek αΌΞ»ΟάβηΟΞΏΟ (alphabΔtos), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
3β£ What are the elements that make up living things?
The six most common elements in living things are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Atoms of these elements combine and form thousands of large molecules. These large molecules make up the structures of cells and carry out many processes essential to life.
4β£How much bigger is the sun than the earth?
Even though Jupiter is an enormous, massive planet, it's much smaller than the Sun. The Sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System. You could fit 109 Earths side by side to match the diameter of the Sun, and it would take 1.3 million planets the size of the Earth to fill it up.
5β£. Which is the smallest country in the world?
Based on landmass, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, measuring just 0.2 square miles, almost 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan. Situated on the western bank of the Tiber River, Vatican City's two-mile border is landlocked by Italy.
6β£When were Arabic numerals invented?
They were developed in India by the Hindus around 600 A.D. Interestingly, these numbers were written "backwards", thus one hundred twenty three was written 321. Around 750 A.D. this system of decimal arithmetic was brought to Persia when several important Hindu works were translated into Arabic.
7β£ Who was the first man to fly around the world?
Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 β August 15, 1935) was a famed American aviator during the period known as the Golden Age of Aviation, the first pilot to fly solo around the world.
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1β£ How many taste buds do catfish have?
That's because this creature has taste buds not only in its mouth, but all over its body. Catfish (order Siluriformes), those beady-eyed fish named for their feline-like whiskers, typically have more than 100,000 taste buds. Some large catfish can have as many as 175,000.
2β£ Why is it called the alphabet?
The English word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Greek αΌΞ»ΟάβηΟΞΏΟ (alphabΔtos), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
3β£ What are the elements that make up living things?
The six most common elements in living things are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Atoms of these elements combine and form thousands of large molecules. These large molecules make up the structures of cells and carry out many processes essential to life.
4β£How much bigger is the sun than the earth?
Even though Jupiter is an enormous, massive planet, it's much smaller than the Sun. The Sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System. You could fit 109 Earths side by side to match the diameter of the Sun, and it would take 1.3 million planets the size of the Earth to fill it up.
5β£. Which is the smallest country in the world?
Based on landmass, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, measuring just 0.2 square miles, almost 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan. Situated on the western bank of the Tiber River, Vatican City's two-mile border is landlocked by Italy.
6β£When were Arabic numerals invented?
They were developed in India by the Hindus around 600 A.D. Interestingly, these numbers were written "backwards", thus one hundred twenty three was written 321. Around 750 A.D. this system of decimal arithmetic was brought to Persia when several important Hindu works were translated into Arabic.
7β£ Who was the first man to fly around the world?
Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 β August 15, 1935) was a famed American aviator during the period known as the Golden Age of Aviation, the first pilot to fly solo around the world.
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1οΈβ£What is the collective term for a group of cats?
The usual word that's given as the collective term for a group of cats is clowder.
2οΈβ£What English words end in -dous?
The four words in common use are tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. There's also the specialist zoological term apodous, which means 'without feet'.
3οΈβ£What is the longest English word which doesn't repeat a letter?
There are two 15-letter words that meet this criterion: uncopgyrightable, referring to something for which it is not possible to secure copyright, and dermatoglyphics, meaning 'the study of skin markings'.
4οΈβ£Which color has the highest frequency?
Out of the 7 colours of the rainbow, violet has the highest frequency and the smallest wavelength.
5οΈβ£Do all fish need oxygen?
Fish need oxygen too, but since they don t have lungs, they take oxygen from the water in which they live. The oxygen in the water available to fish is called dissolved oxygen (oxygen that is dissolved in the water). Fish use gills to take oxygen from water just as we use our lungs to take oxygen from the air.
6οΈβ£Can a cow run fast?
they could run up to 15 or 20 mph, though they wouldn't run that fast for very long.
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1οΈβ£What is the collective term for a group of cats?
The usual word that's given as the collective term for a group of cats is clowder.
2οΈβ£What English words end in -dous?
The four words in common use are tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. There's also the specialist zoological term apodous, which means 'without feet'.
3οΈβ£What is the longest English word which doesn't repeat a letter?
There are two 15-letter words that meet this criterion: uncopgyrightable, referring to something for which it is not possible to secure copyright, and dermatoglyphics, meaning 'the study of skin markings'.
4οΈβ£Which color has the highest frequency?
Out of the 7 colours of the rainbow, violet has the highest frequency and the smallest wavelength.
5οΈβ£Do all fish need oxygen?
Fish need oxygen too, but since they don t have lungs, they take oxygen from the water in which they live. The oxygen in the water available to fish is called dissolved oxygen (oxygen that is dissolved in the water). Fish use gills to take oxygen from water just as we use our lungs to take oxygen from the air.
6οΈβ£Can a cow run fast?
they could run up to 15 or 20 mph, though they wouldn't run that fast for very long.
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1β£ How many dreams does the average person have in one night?
The average person has about 3 to 5 dreams per night, but some may have up to 7 dreams in one night. The dreams tend to last longer as the night progresses. During a full 8-hour night sleep, two hours of it is spent dreaming. It is not at all unusual for a person to have more than one dream per night.
2β£When does the brain stop growing?
We used to think that the brain was fully developed by very early teenagerhood and we now realise that the brain doesn't stop developing until mid-20s or even early 30s. There's a lot more information and evidence to suggest that actually brain development in various forms goes on throughout the life span.
3β£ How high can a tsunami get?
Most tsunamis cause the sea to rise no more than 10 feet (3 meters). The Indian Ocean tsunami caused waves as high as 30 feet (9 meters) in some places, according to news reports. In other places witnesses described a rapid surging of the ocean. Flooding can extend inland by a thousand feet (300 meters) or more.
4β£ Are reptiles related to dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were warm-blooded reptiles: Mammal bone study sheds light on dinosaur physiology. Summary: A study with extant mammals refutes the hypothesis on which the assumption that dinosaurs were ectotherms was based.
5β£Which country first adopted time zones and when?
On November 2, 1868, the then-British colony of New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed throughout the colony, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitude 172Β°30β² East of Greenwich, that is 11 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT.
6β£ Who were the original members of NATO?
At present, NATO has 28 members. In 1949, there were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
7β£ How many rooms are there in the White House?
White House Trivia. There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.
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1β£ How many dreams does the average person have in one night?
The average person has about 3 to 5 dreams per night, but some may have up to 7 dreams in one night. The dreams tend to last longer as the night progresses. During a full 8-hour night sleep, two hours of it is spent dreaming. It is not at all unusual for a person to have more than one dream per night.
2β£When does the brain stop growing?
We used to think that the brain was fully developed by very early teenagerhood and we now realise that the brain doesn't stop developing until mid-20s or even early 30s. There's a lot more information and evidence to suggest that actually brain development in various forms goes on throughout the life span.
3β£ How high can a tsunami get?
Most tsunamis cause the sea to rise no more than 10 feet (3 meters). The Indian Ocean tsunami caused waves as high as 30 feet (9 meters) in some places, according to news reports. In other places witnesses described a rapid surging of the ocean. Flooding can extend inland by a thousand feet (300 meters) or more.
4β£ Are reptiles related to dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were warm-blooded reptiles: Mammal bone study sheds light on dinosaur physiology. Summary: A study with extant mammals refutes the hypothesis on which the assumption that dinosaurs were ectotherms was based.
5β£Which country first adopted time zones and when?
On November 2, 1868, the then-British colony of New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed throughout the colony, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitude 172Β°30β² East of Greenwich, that is 11 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT.
6β£ Who were the original members of NATO?
At present, NATO has 28 members. In 1949, there were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
7β£ How many rooms are there in the White House?
White House Trivia. There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.
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1β£ What is the average size of a newborn's head?
The average newborn's head circumference measures about 13 3β4 inches (35 cm), growing to about 15 inches (38 cm) by one month. Because boys tend to be slightly larger than girls, their heads are larger, though the average difference is less than 1β2 inch (1 cm).
2β£What was the first fast food restaurant?
Arguably, the first fast food restaurants originated in the United States with A&W in 1919 and White Castle in 1921. Today, American-founded fast food chains such as McDonald's and KFC are multinational corporations with outlets across the globe.
3β£How long does it take for DNA to break down?
Other scientists studying bird bones have estimated that under ideal conditions, DNA has a half-life of approximately 521 years, meaning that it would be broken down so much as to be useless after about 1 million years.
4β£ What kind of alcohol is safe to drink?
Ethanol is the only alcohol that is safe to drink till today. To the layman, the term: 'alcohol' is widely used rather than the chemist term ethyl alcohol or ethanol.
5β£ Where did the original inhabitants of North America come from?
The question of who colonized the Americas, and when, has long been hotly debated. Traditionally, Native Americans are believed to have descended from northeast Asia, arriving over a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska some 12,000 years ago and then migrating across North and South America.
6β£ What year did mcdonalds start serving breakfast?
By 1976, McDonald's had served 20 billion hamburgers, and system wide sales exceeded $3 billion. The company pioneered breakfast fast food with the introduction of the Egg McMuffin in 1972 when market research indicated that a quick breakfast would be welcomed by consumers.
7β£How long apart can twins be born?
For twins Amy and Katie were incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy β but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now become a Guinness World Record for the βlongest interval between the birth of twinsβ.
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1β£ What is the average size of a newborn's head?
The average newborn's head circumference measures about 13 3β4 inches (35 cm), growing to about 15 inches (38 cm) by one month. Because boys tend to be slightly larger than girls, their heads are larger, though the average difference is less than 1β2 inch (1 cm).
2β£What was the first fast food restaurant?
Arguably, the first fast food restaurants originated in the United States with A&W in 1919 and White Castle in 1921. Today, American-founded fast food chains such as McDonald's and KFC are multinational corporations with outlets across the globe.
3β£How long does it take for DNA to break down?
Other scientists studying bird bones have estimated that under ideal conditions, DNA has a half-life of approximately 521 years, meaning that it would be broken down so much as to be useless after about 1 million years.
4β£ What kind of alcohol is safe to drink?
Ethanol is the only alcohol that is safe to drink till today. To the layman, the term: 'alcohol' is widely used rather than the chemist term ethyl alcohol or ethanol.
5β£ Where did the original inhabitants of North America come from?
The question of who colonized the Americas, and when, has long been hotly debated. Traditionally, Native Americans are believed to have descended from northeast Asia, arriving over a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska some 12,000 years ago and then migrating across North and South America.
6β£ What year did mcdonalds start serving breakfast?
By 1976, McDonald's had served 20 billion hamburgers, and system wide sales exceeded $3 billion. The company pioneered breakfast fast food with the introduction of the Egg McMuffin in 1972 when market research indicated that a quick breakfast would be welcomed by consumers.
7β£How long apart can twins be born?
For twins Amy and Katie were incredibly born 87 days apart. Maria went into labour four months early, giving birth to Amy β but Katie did not arrive until three months later. Their incredible births will now become a Guinness World Record for the βlongest interval between the birth of twinsβ.
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1β£ When was the cigarette lighter invented?
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. The first lighter was produced in 1816 by a German chemist named Johann Wolfgang DΓΆbereiner. "DΓΆbereiner's lamp," as it was called, was a (highly dangerous) cartridge filled with hydrogen and triggered by a platinum catalyst.
2β£Why does metal feel colder than wood at the same temperature?
I think what you mean is that metal FEELS colder than wood if they're both at room temperature. That's because metal conducts heat much better than wood does. Since your hand is hotter than room temperature, both the metal and the wood conduct heat away from it.
3β£ How fast is terminal velocity of a bullet?
Hatcher calculated that his .30-caliber rifle bullets reached terminal velocityβthe speed at which air resistance balances the accelerating force of gravityβat 300 feet per second. You might die from a bullet moving at that speed, but it's unlikely.
4β£What makes a fruit a fruit and not a vegetable?
According to botanists (those who study plants) a fruit is the part of the plant that develops from a flower. It's also the section of the plant that contains the seeds. The other parts of plants are considered vegetables. These include the stems, leaves and roots β and even the flower bud.
5β£What library has the most books?
The Law Library of Congress is the world's largest law library, with 2.9 million volumes, including one of the world's best rare law book collections and the most complete collection of foreign legal gazettes in the United States.
6β£ What does WOPR stand for in war games?
Control is given to a NORAD supercomputer, WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), programmed to continuously run military simulations and learn over time. David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is a bright but unmotivated Seattle high school student and hacker.
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1β£ When was the cigarette lighter invented?
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. The first lighter was produced in 1816 by a German chemist named Johann Wolfgang DΓΆbereiner. "DΓΆbereiner's lamp," as it was called, was a (highly dangerous) cartridge filled with hydrogen and triggered by a platinum catalyst.
2β£Why does metal feel colder than wood at the same temperature?
I think what you mean is that metal FEELS colder than wood if they're both at room temperature. That's because metal conducts heat much better than wood does. Since your hand is hotter than room temperature, both the metal and the wood conduct heat away from it.
3β£ How fast is terminal velocity of a bullet?
Hatcher calculated that his .30-caliber rifle bullets reached terminal velocityβthe speed at which air resistance balances the accelerating force of gravityβat 300 feet per second. You might die from a bullet moving at that speed, but it's unlikely.
4β£What makes a fruit a fruit and not a vegetable?
According to botanists (those who study plants) a fruit is the part of the plant that develops from a flower. It's also the section of the plant that contains the seeds. The other parts of plants are considered vegetables. These include the stems, leaves and roots β and even the flower bud.
5β£What library has the most books?
The Law Library of Congress is the world's largest law library, with 2.9 million volumes, including one of the world's best rare law book collections and the most complete collection of foreign legal gazettes in the United States.
6β£ What does WOPR stand for in war games?
Control is given to a NORAD supercomputer, WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), programmed to continuously run military simulations and learn over time. David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is a bright but unmotivated Seattle high school student and hacker.
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1β£ Which animal has the fastest metabolism?
In fact, no animal has a faster metabolismβroughly 100 times that of an elephant. Hummingbirds burn food so fast they often eat 1-1/2 to 3 times their weight in nectar and insects per day.
2β£Which is the longest word in English?
Longest Words. (45) PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust. This is the longest word in any English dictionary.
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In fact, no animal has a faster metabolismβroughly 100 times that of an elephant. Hummingbirds burn food so fast they often eat 1-1/2 to 3 times their weight in nectar and insects per day.
2β£Which is the longest word in English?
Longest Words. (45) PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS) = a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust. This is the longest word in any English dictionary.
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