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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:24:15 GMT
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:24:31 GMT
A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:24:57 GMT
An ordinary TNT bomb involves atomic reaction, and could be called an atomic bomb. What we call an A-bomb involves nuclear reactions and should be called a nuclear bomb.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:25:29 GMT
Ostriches are often not taken seriously. They can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:25:56 GMT
Seals used for their fur get extremely sick when taken aboard ships.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:26:17 GMT
Sloths take two weeks to digest their food.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:26:33 GMT
Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweat.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:26:50 GMT
The pet food company Ralston Purina recently introduced, from its subsidiary Purina Philippines, power chicken feed designed to help roosters build muscles for cockfighting, which is popular in many areas of the world.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:27:26 GMT
Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:27:38 GMT
The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:28:07 GMT
Young beavers stay with their parents for the first two years of their lives before going out on their own.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:28:34 GMT
Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:29:06 GMT
Deer can't eat hay.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:29:20 GMT
Gopher snakes in Arizona are not poisonous, but when frightened they may hiss and shake their tails like rattlesnakes.
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Post by Josh Canfield on Mar 4, 2015 10:29:53 GMT
On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colorful.
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