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1821/ The gasses in a sunspot
average 3000F cooler than the rest of the sun.
1822/ A pulsar is a neutron
star that emits pulsed radio signals. The first pulsar was
discovered in 1967.
1823/ It is suspected
that 80 percent of Mercury's core is iron-nickel, as compared
with Earth's 32 percent.
1824/ Studies indicate
that paper forms more than one third of the bulk in city rubbish
collections, with glass, metals and plastics each contributing
7-8%.
1825/ In 1876 a hurricane
moved inland over the Ganges Delta area of Bengal, India.
The accompanying storm tide engulfed the coastal area and
islands. More than 100,000 people drowned.
1826/ Personal Health
Care Expenditures in 1998 in the US were more then $1 trillion
dollars. Or to be exact $1,015,988,000,000 according to the
Henry Kaiser Family Foundation.
1827/ The female dairy
goat is a doe; the male, a buck; the young, kids; and a castrated
male, a wether. Their life span is eight to twelve years.
1828/ Gorillas are the
largest living primates - the family of animals that includes
monkeys, apes and humans. A mature male gorilla can be over
6 feet tall and weigh 300 to 500 pounds. He can spread his
arms 8 feet across and is as strong as 4 to 8 strong men.
Adult female gorillas are about half the size of the males.
1829/ Most dolphin species
are about 2 m (6 ft) in length, the males averaging 10 to
20 cm (4 to 8 in) longer than females. The largest is the
bottle-nose dolphin. This species may reach over 3 m (9 ft)
in length and 200 kg (440 lb) in weight. The smallest species
is the buffeo, found in the Amazon River; the buffeo rarely
grows over 1.2 m (3.9 ft) in length and 30 kg (66 lb) in weight.
1830/ Here is a formula
for finding opposite places in the world. Find the latitude
of your starting place. Change the direction. For example,
if it's north make it south. Find the longitude. Subtract
it from 180. Change the direction. For example, if it's east,
make it west. The new latitude and longitude will be the opposite
point on the globe. Where is the opposite of your home?
1831/ Every year, the
US makes enough plastic film to shrink-wrap the state of Texas.
1832/ Australians use
more than six billion plastic bags per year - if these were
tied together they would stretch around the world 37 times.
Of these, less than 1% are being re-used by Australian households.
1833/ Over 100,000 birds,
whales, seals and turtles worldwide are killed by plastic
rubbish every year. Marine life, in particular turtles, is
prone to mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish, ingesting them
and dying of intestinal blockage.
1834/ A study on Albatross
chicks on Midway Island, near Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean,
found 9 out of 10 birds had plastic rubbish in their gullets.
It is disturbing to note that when the animal dies and decays
the plastic is then free to repeat this deadly cycle.
1835/ Green tea has a
high content of vitamins and minerals. It contains ascorbic
acid (vitamin C) in amounts comparable to a lemon. Green tea
also contains several B vitamins which are water soluble and
quickly released into a cup of tea. Five cups of green tea
a day will provide 5-10% of the daily requirement of riboflavin,
niacin, folic acid, and pantothenic acid. The same five cups
of green tea also provide approximately 5% of the daily requirement
of magnesium, 25% of potassium, and 45% of the requirement
for manganese. Green tea is also high in fluoride. A cup of
green tea provides approximately 0.1 mg of fluoride, which
is higher than in fluorinated water. Scientific studies have
shown strong evidence that green tea may help reduce the risk
of strokes and heart disease, and may also prevent some cancers.
1836/ The Berbers of
North Africa have no written form of their language.
1837/ The star Sirius
is 9 light-years away from the solar system.
1838/ Climb on the Columbia
Glacier in Prince William Sound in Alaska, but don't expect
a fast ride. A turtle moves faster in 10 minutes than this
glacier moves in a day
1839/ Mercury, the planet
closest to the Sun, has almost no atmosphere, and its dusty
surface of craters resembles the Moon. The planet was named
for the Roman god Mercury, a winged messenger, and it travels
around the Sun faster than any other planet.
1840/ A 4,000-year-old
remedy for minor cuts, scrapes, and burns is sugar. Use a
paste of white granulated sugar and water on nonbleeding cuts.
The sugar cleanses, speeds healing, and reduces scarring.
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