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06 Jul 2007 06:51:43 AM |
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Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
The highest temperature on Earth was 136=B0F (58=B0C) in Libya in 1922.
The lowest temperature on Earth was -128.6=B0F (-89.6=B0C) in Antarctica
in 1983.
Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet.
The average ocean floor is 12,000 feet.
The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket
chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.
House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes.
The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the
ant.
The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark.
A crocodile's tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
Cheetah's can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.
A giraffe's neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human.
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human
body.
Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human
skin
A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head.
The average human produces a quart of saliva a day -- about 10,000
gallons in a lifetime
Ants do not sleep.
Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is
contaminated with bacteria.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
1 million descendents.
An Astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. The
cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity.
The oldest known fossil is of a single-celled organism, blue-green
algae, found in 3.2 billion year-old stones in South Africa.
The earliest cockroach fossils are about 280 million years old.
Healthy nails grow about 2 cm each year. Fingernails grow four times
as fast as toenails.
The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair
grows about 5 inches (12.7 cm) every year.
Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and
there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse
together).
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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06 Jul 2007 11:45:13 AM |
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"coolamit" <coolamit92@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys can do
that?
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http//www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "Geoff" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
06 Jul 2007 01:46:04 PM |
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Denis Loubet wrote:
"coolamit" <coolamit92@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys
can do that?
Not to mention humans.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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06 Jul 2007 05:26:30 PM |
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"Geoff" <gebobs@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:o4OdnSf-KtFtEBPbnZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@giganews.com...
Denis Loubet wrote:
"coolamit" <coolamit92@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys
can do that?
Not to mention humans.
I have no idea who that guy is on the other side of my medicine cabinet
window.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http//www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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06 Jul 2007 08:46:25 PM |
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:26:30 -0500, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
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"Geoff" <gebobs@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:o4OdnSf-KtFtEBPbnZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@giganews.com...
Denis Loubet wrote:
"coolamit" <coolamit92@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys
can do that?
Not to mention humans.
I have no idea who that guy is on the other side of my medicine cabinet
window.
FBI
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| User: "Peter Barber" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
06 Jul 2007 05:41:06 PM |
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On Jul 6, 11:26 pm, "Denis Loubet" <dlou...@io.com> wrote:
"Geoff" <geb...@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:o4OdnSf-KtFtEBPbnZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@giganews.com...
Denis Loubet wrote:
"coolamit" <coolami...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys
can do that?
Not to mention humans.
I have no idea who that guy is on the other side of my medicine cabinet
window.
And how did he get in there?
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
06 Jul 2007 08:46:43 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:41:06 -0700, Peter Barber
<peterbarber73@gmail.com> wrote:
- Refer: <1183761666.939097.156300@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
On Jul 6, 11:26 pm, "Denis Loubet" <dlou...@io.com> wrote:
"Geoff" <geb...@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:o4OdnSf-KtFtEBPbnZ2dnUVZ_vGinZ2d@giganews.com...
Denis Loubet wrote:
"coolamit" <coolami...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys
can do that?
Not to mention humans.
I have no idea who that guy is on the other side of my medicine cabinet
window.
And how did he get in there?
Agent 13 can get inside anything.
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| User: "Mike" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
06 Jul 2007 09:41:59 PM |
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On Jul 6, 6:26 pm, "Denis Loubet" <dlou...@io.com> wrote:
"Geoff" <geb...@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote in message
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys
can do that?
Not to mention humans.
I have no idea who that guy is on the other side of my medicine cabinet window.
Actually, he thinks he's real and you're just a reflection. Who's to
say he's wrong?
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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06 Jul 2007 09:14:51 PM |
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:45:13 -0500, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"coolamit" <coolamit92@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
(snip)
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
(snip)
Is this one still true? Has it not been determined that African Greys can do
that?
Some humans may be able to do that, too.
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
06 Jul 2007 08:19:24 AM |
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"coolamit" <coolamit92@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
The highest temperature on Earth was 136°F (58°C) in Libya in 1922.
The lowest temperature on Earth was -128.6°F (-89.6°C) in Antarctica
in 1983.
Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet.
The average ocean floor is 12,000 feet.
The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket
chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.
House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes.
The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the
ant.
The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark.
A crocodile's tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.
Cheetah's can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.
A giraffe's neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human.
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human
body.
Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human
skin
A cockroach can live for several weeks without its head.
The average human produces a quart of saliva a day -- about 10,000
gallons in a lifetime
Ants do not sleep.
Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is
contaminated with bacteria.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
1 million descendents.
An Astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. The
cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity.
The oldest known fossil is of a single-celled organism, blue-green
algae, found in 3.2 billion year-old stones in South Africa.
The earliest cockroach fossils are about 280 million years old.
Healthy nails grow about 2 cm each year. Fingernails grow four times
as fast as toenails.
The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair
grows about 5 inches (12.7 cm) every year.
Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and
there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse
together).
Damn, I thought houseflies only lived a week!
I did know some of these, but the rest were very
intersting. Thanks.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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06 Jul 2007 08:45:40 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit <coolamit92@gmail.com>
wrote:
- Refer: <1183722703.343811.187880@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com>
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Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
Apparently so can humans, and elephants.
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| User: "MarkA" |
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06 Jul 2007 11:05:54 AM |
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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core, can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
--
MarkA
(My OTHER sig line is clever)
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| User: "Smiler" |
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06 Jul 2007 10:58:08 PM |
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"MarkA" <toor@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.06.16.05.54.404612@nowhere.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core, can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
I'm curious as to how they know that?
Did someone go there and time it or do photons have a date of manufacture on
them?
Smiler,
The godless one
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| User: "MarkA" |
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07 Jul 2007 01:29:56 PM |
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:58:08 +0000, Smiler wrote:
"MarkA" <toor@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.06.16.05.54.404612@nowhere.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core,
can take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
I'm curious as to how they know that? Did someone go there and time it or
do photons have a date of manufacture on them?
Smiler,
The godless one
That raises another interesting point: since photons travel at the speed
of light, they do not age at all. For a photon, time stands still.
--
MarkA
(this space accidentally filled in)
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| User: "Mike Ruskai" |
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07 Jul 2007 02:56:40 AM |
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On or about Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:58:08 GMT did "Smiler"
<Smiler@Joe.King.com> dribble thusly:
"MarkA" <toor@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.06.16.05.54.404612@nowhere.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core, can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
I'm curious as to how they know that?
Did someone go there and time it or do photons have a date of manufacture on
them?
Well, it's actually incorrect, if you're being strict.
No photon generated in the Sun's core every reaches the surface.
They're all absorbed very quickly, and new ones are generated by the
matter that did the absorbing.
It's this process that takes a whole bunch of years to transfer the
energy of a photon generated by fusion in the core to the surface,
where it can finally travel through a bit of space.
The numbers come from calculations, not observation - mathematical
models of what goes on in the sun, based on the laws of physics as we
currently understand them (which is pretty damn well, considering how
well theoretical calculations agree with observed reality).
--
- Mike
Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
07 Jul 2007 04:58:04 AM |
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:56:40 GMT, Mike Ruskai
<BUTthannydI@DONTearthlinkLIKE.netSPAM> wrote:
- Refer: <pjhu839kl7ouukll63sfufk26d348t34qs@4ax.com>
On or about Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:58:08 GMT did "Smiler"
<Smiler@Joe.King.com> dribble thusly:
"MarkA" <toor@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.06.16.05.54.404612@nowhere.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core, can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
I'm curious as to how they know that?
Did someone go there and time it or do photons have a date of manufacture on
them?
Well, it's actually incorrect, if you're being strict.
No photon generated in the Sun's core every reaches the surface.
They're all absorbed very quickly, and new ones are generated by the
matter that did the absorbing.
At least someone "gets it".
It is a similar process with the (supposedly) entangled photons that
travel down an optic fibre.
They are in no way the same photon(s) that set out on the journey.
It's this process that takes a whole bunch of years to transfer the
energy of a photon generated by fusion in the core to the surface,
where it can finally travel through a bit of space.
The numbers come from calculations, not observation - mathematical
models of what goes on in the sun, based on the laws of physics as we
currently understand them (which is pretty damn well, considering how
well theoretical calculations agree with observed reality).
--
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| User: "Smiler" |
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07 Jul 2007 05:53:23 PM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:56:40 GMT, Mike Ruskai
<BUTthannydI@DONTearthlinkLIKE.netSPAM> wrote:
- Refer: <pjhu839kl7ouukll63sfufk26d348t34qs@4ax.com>
On or about Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:58:08 GMT did "Smiler"
<Smiler@Joe.King.com> dribble thusly:
"MarkA" <toor@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.06.16.05.54.404612@nowhere.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core,
can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
I'm curious as to how they know that?
Did someone go there and time it or do photons have a date of manufacture
on
them?
Well, it's actually incorrect, if you're being strict.
No photon generated in the Sun's core every reaches the surface.
They're all absorbed very quickly, and new ones are generated by the
matter that did the absorbing.
At least someone "gets it".
It is a similar process with the (supposedly) entangled photons that
travel down an optic fibre.
They are in no way the same photon(s) that set out on the journey.
Similar to electrons in a conductor?
Smiler,
The godless one
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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07 Jul 2007 07:24:27 PM |
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:53:23 GMT, "Smiler" <Smiler@Joe.King.com>
wrote:
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:qpou83du9lhbenl7v67s2kaj9rmgmp2lnb@4ax.com...
On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:56:40 GMT, Mike Ruskai
<BUTthannydI@DONTearthlinkLIKE.netSPAM> wrote:
- Refer: <pjhu839kl7ouukll63sfufk26d348t34qs@4ax.com>
On or about Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:58:08 GMT did "Smiler"
<Smiler@Joe.King.com> dribble thusly:
"MarkA" <toor@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.06.16.05.54.404612@nowhere.com...
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core,
can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
I'm curious as to how they know that?
Did someone go there and time it or do photons have a date of manufacture
on
them?
Well, it's actually incorrect, if you're being strict.
No photon generated in the Sun's core every reaches the surface.
They're all absorbed very quickly, and new ones are generated by the
matter that did the absorbing.
At least someone "gets it".
It is a similar process with the (supposedly) entangled photons that
travel down an optic fibre.
They are in no way the same photon(s) that set out on the journey.
Similar to electrons in a conductor?
Not really, no.
Sorry.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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06 Jul 2007 09:14:15 PM |
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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:05:54 -0400, MarkA <toor@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700, coolamit wrote:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ? Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20
seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
Even more interesting: a photon of light, produced in the Sun's core, can
take between 17,000 and 50,000,000 years to reach the surface and be
emitted as visible light.
And it's still faster than a theist's thought.
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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06 Jul 2007 11:52:30 AM |
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On Jul 6, 4:51 am, coolamit <coolami...@gmail.com> wrote:
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
Not true. It has been demonstrated that both dolphins and elephants
are self-aware and recognize their own reflections.
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
06 Jul 2007 06:09:31 PM |
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In article <1183740750.807032.244730@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
skyeyes <skyeyes@dakotacom.net> wrote:
On Jul 6, 4:51 am, coolamit <coolami...@gmail.com> wrote:
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
Not true. It has been demonstrated that both dolphins and elephants
are self-aware and recognize their own reflections.
Yes. I recall reading articles on both.
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
skyeyes at dakotacom dot net
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Mike Ruskai" |
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07 Jul 2007 02:53:07 AM |
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On or about Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700 did coolamit
<coolamit92@gmail.com> dribble thusly:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
Let's make some comments and corrections.
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
Last I checked, humans could do that, too. A handful of other animals
also show interest in their own reflection. Scores and scores beyond
that recognize their own reflection, but show no interest in it (my
cat is an example).
Cheetah's can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.
0 to 100km/h (or 60mph) in 3 seconds is what I recall.
Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is
contaminated with bacteria.
That's rather disingenuous. Just because something isn't sterile
doesn't mean it's contaminated. Bacteria are everywhere, and only a
small minority are a health threat to humans.
An Astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. The
cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity.
Anyone getting out of bed in the morning can experience the same
thing.
--
- Mike
Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Science Fun Facts, You Don't Know |
07 Jul 2007 04:59:13 AM |
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:53:07 GMT, Mike Ruskai
<BUTthannydI@DONTearthlinkLIKE.netSPAM> wrote:
- Refer: <g5hu835nkdej7tsmun11clhrr0m2eq345e@4ax.com>
On or about Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:51:43 -0700 did coolamit
<coolamit92@gmail.com> dribble thusly:
Science Facts, You Didn't Know ?
Let's make some comments and corrections.
Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a
mirror.
Last I checked, humans could do that, too. A handful of other animals
also show interest in their own reflection. Scores and scores beyond
that recognize their own reflection, but show no interest in it (my
cat is an example).
Cheetah's can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.
0 to 100km/h (or 60mph) in 3 seconds is what I recall.
Nearly a third of all bottled drinking water purchased in the US is
contaminated with bacteria.
That's rather disingenuous. Just because something isn't sterile
doesn't mean it's contaminated. Bacteria are everywhere, and only a
small minority are a health threat to humans.
An Astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. The
cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity.
Anyone getting out of bed in the morning can experience the same
thing.
Any male going to bed with their wife can be 2 inches longer, well
before getting up.
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06 Jul 2007 11:35:16 AM |
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coolamit wrote:
Seventy percent of the dust in your home consists of shed human
skin
not likely in my neighborhood! we have a lot of dry loose dirt here.
thanks for the fun facts
Jim
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