May 2011
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How many states of matter are there?
Three surely? Solid, liquid and Gas? Actually, it’s more like fifteen. Although the list grows almost daily, some examples are: Solid amorphous solid liquid gas plasma super-fluid supersolid degenerate matter neutronium strongly symmetric matter weakly symmetric matter quark-gluon plasma fermionic condensate Bose-Einstein condensate and ‘strange matter’
May 31st
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Frankincense, one of the precious items the wise...
May 29th
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The letter J does not appear anywhere in the...
May 28th
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Mr. Clean has a seldom-used first...
May 27th
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Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre co-wrote...
May 26th
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Not only are all automobile taillights in the U.S....
May 25th
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The tall fuzzy hats worn by Britain’s elite...
May 24th
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Gorgias of Epirus (3rd century BC), a Greek...
May 22nd
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Pirates didn’t walk the plank nor did they make...
May 21st
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Plastic bags are better than paper bags for the...
May 20th
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The red juice that comes out of rare steak is not...
May 19th
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In order to deter flies from landing on him, Pepi...
May 18th
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Even though there was much vocal opposition to the...
May 17th
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Until the 1800s, Turkish women suspected of...
May 16th
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Pubic lice is found primarily in pubic hair. But...
May 15th
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75 percent of Japanese women own vibrators. The...
May 14th
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George W. Bush was the 17th US state governor to...
May 13th
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The Snickers bar was named after a horse the Mars...
May 12th
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The original name of Pacman was going to be Puck...
May 11th
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Coca Cola has a pH of 2.8.
May 10th
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Donald Duck has a sister called Dumbella.
May 10th
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