2330. Fact

The eaarth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.

2331. Fact

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.

2332. Fact

The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.

2333. Fact

The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.

2334. Fact

The Earth orbits the sun at about 18.5 miles per second

2335. Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna : v. v. giri
former president, trade unionist
Year : 1975
Region : orissa.

2336. Fact

The Earth spins beneath you at between 1,000 - 1,600 kilometres an hour, depending on where you are.

2337. Fact

The Earth weighs roughly 6 billion trillion metric tonnes.

2338. Fact

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

2339. Fact

The elephant is the only mammal that is unable to jump. (So...whales can? So why are they beached if they can just jump back in the sea? Weird...)

2340. Fact

The end of a hammer, oppostie the striking end, is called a peen

2341. Fact

The estimated number of M & M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000.

2342. Fact

The estimated number of M & M's sold each day in the United States is 200,000,000.

2343. Fact

The eyes of some birds weigh more than their brains

2344. Fact

The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.

2345. Fact

The famous aphrodisiac 'Spanish Fly' is made from dried beetle remains!

2346. Fact

The famous split-fingered Vulcan salute is actually intended to represent the first letter ("shin", pronounced "sheen") of the word "shalom". As a boy, Leonard Nimoy observed his rabbi using it in a benediction and never forgot it; he was eventually able

2347. Fact

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

2348. Fact

The first audio CD manufactured in the US was Bruce Springstean's 'Born in The USA'

2349. Fact

The first audio CD's appeared in the USA in 1984

Element
Element : europium
Symbol : eu
Atomic no. : 63
Melting Point (deg c) : 822
Boiling Point (deg c) : 1529
Discoverer : demarcay (1901)      .. More >>