Facts for the day........ -The first alarm clock was invented 3,500 years ago by the Egyptians; and in 1955 scientists in the UK invented the first atomic clock. -The longest place name, that is believe it or not still in use, is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung ahoronukupokaiwhenuakitamatahu. This is the name of one hill in New Zealand. Congrats to the one who can pronounce it. -Before 1974, a billion in the United States of America was different from a billion in Great Britain. An American or short scale billion was a thousand million (1,000,000,000), but a British or long scale billion was a million million (1,000,000,000,000). Other names for large numbers also differed between the two countries. Starting in 1974, however, the short scale numbers started to be used exclusively in Great Britain. The original usage is the former British usage (around 1484, N. Chuquet invented the words billion through nonillion to denote the second through ninth powers of a million, while around the middle of the seventeenth century, French arithmeticians began using these words to denote the third through tenth powers of a thousand). -Instead of being relatively solid, your brain is 80% water. This means that it is important that you remain properly hydrated for the sake of your mind. -The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime--thats enough to fill more than 3 super tankers. -Day can be longer than a year on some planets. For instance a day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:40:40 +0000
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