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Did you know Trivia - The most common non contagious disease in the world is tooth decay
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Wednesday 19 March, 2008 08:09 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Studies at Wake Forest University School of Medicine show that the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance can be reversed when the naturally occurring brain peptide, orexin-A , is administered in monkeys.
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Wednesday 19 March, 2008 04:06 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - With origins in blacksmithing, Studebaker Automobiles experimented with vehicles under power as early as 1897, and they chose an electric engine over a gasoline engine
Studebaker started into the automobile market after the turn of the century by introducing an electric car in 1902. Thomas Edison purchased the second electric car produced by Studebaker
Studebakers produced gasoline-powered vehicles in 1904 with engines from the Garford Company in Ohio and sold them under the name Studebaker-Garford.
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Tuesday 18 March, 2008 12:01 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - As from the 1st May, Chinese school children will be watching a lot less foreign made cartoons - well at least during prime viewing time The move extends a ban, which was introduced in September last year and currently lasts until 8pm. From May 1, no foreign-made cartoons can be broadcast during the prime after-school viewing period which is from 5pm to 9pm China produced more than 101,900 minutes of animation last year, up 23 per cent on 2006, as it tried to beat off competition from foreign producers, especially Japanese cartoons. This cartoon black-out seeks to shield the local cartoon industry from competition
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Tuesday 18 March, 2008 08:08 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - A 15 year old school student from South Australia has shattered the myth that goldfish have a three-second memory . Try 6 days and more.
Rory Stokes, a student at the Australian Science and Mathematics School in Adelaide, conducted an experiment to check the commonly held theory that goldfish have a very short memory span of 3 seconds
"My experiments showed that goldfish have the mental capabilities to learn and remember fairly complex concepts and they can retain that knowledge for at least a number of days," he said.
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Tuesday 18 March, 2008 04:06 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - A self-repairing rubber band material has been developed by French scientists. It can reclaim its stretchy usefulness by simply pressing the broken edges back together for a few minutes.
The material can be broken and repaired many times over and yes, it can be broken down with heat and easily recycled - so it is environmentally friendly, too.
But why would anyone want to repair a rubber band ?
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Tuesday 18 March, 2008 12:44 AM |
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Did you know Trivia - Scientists recently announced the discovery in northwestern Madagascar of a large amphibian nicknamed the "devil frog" which lived about 65 million to 70 million years ago. They believe that it was extremely aggressive and could have eaten newborn dinosaurs.
Obviously this frog was much larger than any of today's frogs and could be the biggest frog which ever lived, according to paleontologist David Krause of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, one of the scientists who found the remains.
It has been named, Beelzebufo ampinga, which comes from Beelzebub, the Greek for devil, and bufo -- Latin for toad. Ampinga means "shield," named for an armor-like part of its anatomy.
Beelzebufo (pronounced bee-el-zeh-BOOF-oh) was 16 inches (40cm) long and weighed in at about 10 pounds (4.5 kg).
Being powerfully built and having a very wide mouth with powerful jaws. It probably didn't have good table manners
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Monday 17 March, 2008 08:00 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - An entire range of eco-underwear including knickers and bras is being created from wood by an innovative clothes designer. The finished garments are claimed to be as soft as silk, so splinters are not an issue.
The fibres are extracted from tree branches before being spun into a fabric which is then used to make the eco-underwear. The production process starts with large branches being selected from white pine trees in North America and Canada during normal harvesting and they are then shipped to Montilliers in France for processing
The lingerie has been created by French fashion designer Sophie Young after her child suffered an allergic reaction to dye in clothing. The fabric has many more microscopic holes than polyester, and so extra air can circulate making for a more hygienic product. The natural fibres are also claimed to absorb twice as much humidity (engineers might call that sweat) than cotton which prevents bacteria from growing.
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Monday 17 March, 2008 04:07 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Click on this link to see aerial shots of The best Intersections & Traffic Jams in the world. Impressive
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Sunday 16 March, 2008 08:08 PM |
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Did you know Trivia - Ray Sumrow, a Rockwall County, Dallas district attorney is being tried on charges of forgery, theft and records tampering relative to a computer he built as a backup server for his office. This "backup server" which he bought with state money had two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, WiFi and cables which glow under ultraviolet light.
Evidence against Mr Sumrow includes eBay, transactions, emails, and a cheat sheet for a PC game.
Sometimes when the stress levels are high - a guy just needs to chill out - and what better way..... - I rest my case....
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Sunday 16 March, 2008 04:02 PM |
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