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-theres actually a site called http://www.randomfactsuselesstrivia.com/
-One inch of rain over one square mile is 17,378,700 gallons of water.
-Nepal is the only country in the world whose flag is not square or rectangular shaped.
-Scratch-and-sniff works by taking the aroma-generating chemical and encapsulating it in gelatin or plastic spheres that are a few microns in diameter. When you scratch the sticker, you rupture some of these spheres and release the smell.
-80% of all the diamonds mined every year (equal to about 100 million carats or 20,000 kg) are unsuitable for use as gemstones, and are destined for industrial use. In addition to mined diamonds, synthetic diamonds found industrial applications almost immediately after their invention in the 1950s; another 400 million carats (80,000 kg) of synthetic diamonds are produced annually for industrial use. This means the amount of synthetic diamonds used per year is approximately four times the amount of natural diamonds mined over the same period.
-The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa ejected more than six cubic miles of rock, ash, and pumice into the atmosphere, and generated the loudest sound ever historically reported the cataclysmic explosion was distinctly heard as far away as Perth in Australia (approx. 3100 km/1900 mi), and the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius (approx. 4800 km/3000 mi). Atmospheric shock waves reverberated around the world seven times and were felt for five days. Waves from the tsunamis were recorded as far away as the English Channel.
-The antibacterial components of antibacterial soaps (usually triclosan or, less commonly, triclocarbon) needs to be left on a surface for about two minutes in order to work. Most people are not this patient, and end up washing off the soap before the antibacterial ingredients can do their job.
-Aokigahara Jukai (The Sea of Trees) located at the base of Mount Fuji is the top suicide area in Japan; the spirits of those who kill themselves there are said to be cursed to forever haunt the area. Over 78 bodies have been discovered, prompting officials to put up signs prohibiting suicide in the forest.
-Spilled animal parts and a Tomahawk missile that tumbled out of a truck caused some of the worst traffic nightmares of 2006, according to a report on roadway incidents. A meatpacking truck carrying cow body parts was involved in an accident near San Francisco, spilling its cargo across a freeway and causing massive headaches for commuters, said the compilation by Metro Networks traffic reporting firm. A truck in Houston involved in an accident tumbled off a ramp, breaking open and spilling frozen chickens onto a freeway below. New York had one of the most bizarre incidents of the year. A truck overturned in the Bronx in July, sending a Tomahawk missile it was carrying onto the roadway.
-The Guinness Book of World Records itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted series. It was created by Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery.
-In 1992, 29000 rubber ducks fell of a Chinese freight ship in the Pacific ocean. Thousands of them washed up on the shores of eastern Asia and Australia. Some even made it as far as the western shores of Noth & South America. But some have travelled even further; After a few years at sea they floated north into the Bering Straight where they became trapped in the polar ice cap. The ducks and the ice then migrated east. A few years ago they emerged from the ice in the northern Atlantic. From there they traveled down the eastern Canadian & US coastline before be swept into the gulf stream. They are currently on their way to England, and are expected to land sometime in the summer of 2007.
-After Germany invaded Denmark in World War II, plans were made to hide the Nobel Prize medals of two scientists living in the country. Instead of hiding the medals in a place where they could be found, they were instead dissolved in aqua regia (a solution composed of nitric acid and hydrochloric acids). The solution, along with the dissolved medals was stored on a shelf along with other bottles of chemicals. After the war, the gold was precipitated out of solution, and sent back to the Nobel Foundation. Max von Laue and James Franck were then issued new medals, although they were most likely not made from the original gold.
-A three minute song stored in a 128kbps MP3 file, if saved on punch cards, would require a stack of cards five feet nine inches high.
 XxForverBrokenxX · Wed Jul 09, 2008 @ 03:11am · 0 Comments |
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