Science and Technology - Bizarre facts Page 5

Bizarre Fact #201:
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Three stars make up Orion's belt.

Bizarre Fact #202:
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Time slows down near a black hole; inside it stops completely.

Bizarre Fact #203:
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Tiny dust particles surround a comet. They are swept into a long tail by the solar wind, which consists of subatomic particles speeding from the sum at speed of hundred of miles per second.

Bizarre Fact #204:
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To an observer standing on Pluto, the sun would appear no brighter than Venus appears in our evening sky.

Bizarre Fact #205:
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To an observer standing on Pluto, the sun would appear no brighter than Venus appears in our evening sky.

Bizarre Fact #206:
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Traveling at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, light take 6 hours to travel from Pluto to the earth.

Bizarre Fact #207:
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Traveling at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, light take 6 hours to travel from Pluto to the earth.

Bizarre Fact #208:
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Uranus' orbital axis is tilted at 90 degrees.

Bizarre Fact #209:
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Vineger was the strongest acid known in the ancient times.

Bizarre Fact #210:
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We are in the middle of an ice age. Ice ages include both cold and warm periods; at the moment we are experiencing a relatively warm span of time known as an "interglacial period." Geologists believe that the warmest part of this period occurred from 1890 through 1945 and that since 1945 things have slowly begun freezing up again.

Bizarre Fact #211:
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Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communications which culminated in the cellular telephone.

Bizarre Fact #212:
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You know the three physical dimensions, and the fourth dimension, time. For years, people have speculated about other dimensions. Experts in theoretical physics now say the major theories about the universe make sense together - and all the math seems to work - if there are 10 dimensions.

Bizarre Fact #213:
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The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.

Bizarre Fact #214:
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The first artificial heart was patented by Paul Winchell in 1963.