Random Facts
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Bismuth-209 is an isotope of bismuth that is technically radioactive but is considered stable due to the fact that its half life is around a billion times longer than the age of the universe.
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Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday The 13th.
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Jellyfish are biologically immortal.
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You can't actually touch anything; the sensation of touch is the electrostatic repulsion between you and the surface.
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@boxmein (View Post)
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SovietArms:
During the space race,The Americans spent almost a million dollars on a pen that would work in zero gravity.it worked.but instead of stealing the Americans plans for the pen,the Russians just used pencils.http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
no they didn't. the graphite of broken pencils floating in mid-air posede the risk of damaging sensitive equipment.
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@DivideByZero (View Post)
I was waiting for someone to disprove that statement. My comrades aren't that stupid you know. :P
(Although us Russians have built some very poor designs before, I won't discount that.)
