Facts in "Plants" Category
#2709 - Plants Fact     2  A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year. Mercury rotates very slowly but revolves around the sun in slightly less than 88 days. |
| #2710 - Plants Fact 4 A dog was killed by a meteor at Nakhla, Egypt, in 1911. The unlucky canine is the only creature known to have been killed by a meteor. |
| #2711 - Plants Fact 5 You know the three physical dimensions, and the fourth dimension, time. For years, people have speculated about other dimensions. Experts in theoretical physics now say the major theories about the universe make sense together - and all the math seems to work - if there are 10 dimensions. |
| #2712 - Plants Fact 1 A scientist at Michigan State University has calculated that the production of a single hen egg requires about 120 gallons of water, a loaf of bread requires 300 gallons, and a pound of beef, 3,500. |
| #2713 - Plants Fact 0 The first U.S. census to be tallied by computer was in 1950. UNIVAC did the tallying. |
| #2714 - Plants Fact 2 Rain contains vitamin B12. |
| #2715 - Plants Fact 0 ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster. |
| #2716 - Plants Fact 1 From bridges to rebar, rust is everywhere. According to a recent study, the annual cost of metallic corrosion in the U.S. is approximately $300 billion. The report, by Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, and the Specialty Steel Industry of North America, Washington, D.C., estimated that about one-third of that cost could be avoided through broader application of corrosion-resistant material and "best anti-corrosive practice" from design through maintenance. |
| #2717 - Plants Fact 1 From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day. |
| #2718 - Plants Fact 2 The first man-made item to exceed the speed of sound is the bull whip our leather whip. When the whip is snapped, the knotted end makes a "crack" or popping noise. It is actually causing a mini sonic boom as it exceeds the speed of sound. |
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