Some useless information for your reading pleasure...
By singlepixel
@singlepixel (2743)
October 8, 2007 11:57pm CST
The length of a day 900 million years ago was only about 18 hours.
- 1996 study .
A solar year contains 365 days, 5 hr, 48 min, and 45.5 sec.
Blue whales are the largest animals of all time. A blue whale can spout water up to 9 meters (30 ft) high. (approximately a 3-story high building).
The word "dollar" comes from the old German Daler or Taler, an abbreviation of joachimsthaler, the name of a silver coin, imprinted with an effigy of St. Joachim, which was first struck (1519) in what is now Germany.
Bacteria associated with the human body outnumber body cells by ten to one.
In just one second the Sun emits more energy than humans have used in the last 10,000 years.
::thank you for your time::
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
Hi singlepixel, my dear friend! Oh, That is not useless information. Maybe one day, I would be able to use those kind of informations..like for example if i am going to join a quiz show, maybe the million dollar question would come from those infos you have just listed down. haha.. Take care and have a nice day.
@singlepixel (2743)
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19 Oct 07
ha ha ha ...hope the day will come (when you win that million dollar quiz)...and come look for me...:)
@goodsign (2287)
• Malaysia
9 Oct 07
IT IS NOT USELESS BUT FREELESS, and the links for your info, are;
Length Of A Day
www.angelfire.com/tx5/blackdraxon/how_long_is_a_day.htm
Solar year
www.encarta.msn.com/text_761560321_1/calendar.html
Blue Whale
www.acsonline.org/factpack/bluewhl.htm
Dollar
www.encarta.msn.com/text_761561388_1/Dollar.html
Bacteria
www.encarta.msn.com/text_761574409_2/Bacteria.html
Sun Emits Energy
www.library.thinkquest.org/C001124/gather/ssun.html?tqskip1=1tqtime=0625
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