Well that's interesting - Fun or Unusual Facts
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That is only partially true. The city water is the base material then it is filtered to remove everything and then they add some stuff to give it taste.
That post is going to really tick-off the bottle-suckers.
Yes, all municipal tap water is already "purified and 'enhanced' with minerals for a pure fresh taste".
Every public water-treatment facility is required yearly to publish their levels test after treatment.
The only real difference is bottled water has the chlorine removed.
It is only about 'taste' after that.
(don't leave bottles in the sun
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He forgot to put the wheels down....
I had one that would.
He was working his way from one side of the war to the other.
This one could be my new favorite.
It probably kills you.
It definitely kills you.
He should have licensed it instead...
The guy that invented the original "Presto log" made a fortune with a 1 cent license fee per log.
The guy that invented the original "Presto log" made a fortune with a 1 cent license fee per log.
Bears can run up to 40 miles per hour, fast enough to catch a running horse. The fastest known human alive today is Usain Bolt, who can run 27mph
...And more men have been mauled by those than bearsI don't know, I have seen angry women run 30mph.
.Speaking of interesting and unusual facts... and predators:
The Alligator is one of Mother-Nature's finest designs.
Virtually unchanged for 37-million years, they are the ultimate 'Survivor' on land.
A leftover from the dinosaur era, they refused to die-out or evolve.
Want to talk gas mileage?
Covered in armor-plating and with no effective natural predators, they will still be here when we are long gone.How Stuff Works said:
The interesting part:
...they do everything with a brain about the size of a walnut:
How Stuff Works said:
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Their armor protects them from UV radiation - no sun screen required! The same can be said for cockroaches and most other insects.
Gaters and crocks can bury themselves in mud and stay alive until the rain refills the mud hole just like frogs.
Gaters and crocks can bury themselves in mud and stay alive until the rain refills the mud hole just like frogs.
That's only natural, I go into the pasture almost daily but won't go in the ocean cause... That's the sharks house and when you go in the sharks house he's gonna eat you!
Walmart has a lower acceptance rate than Harvard.
Harvard might be hard to get into with a 4.5 percent admittance rate, but try this on for size: only 2.6 percent of Walmart applicants are accepted. How ’bout them apples? Now, we realize that this comparison isn’t exactly flawless, but you have to admit that it’s a funny fact.
Harvard might be hard to get into with a 4.5 percent admittance rate, but try this on for size: only 2.6 percent of Walmart applicants are accepted. How ’bout them apples? Now, we realize that this comparison isn’t exactly flawless, but you have to admit that it’s a funny fact.
Do you feel fast today?
I mean REALLY fast?
You should.
Did you know that right now you are moving at over 66,000 miles per hour?
Unusual fact:
The earth (and all of us) travel in a circular orbital path around the sun once a year, (every 365.25 days).
Earth is 92,955,807 (average) miles from the sun.
The length of the orbital path is calculated by multiplying the radius times two and multiplying that times Pi.
92,955,807 * 2 =185,911,614. That multiplied times Pi = 584,058,560 miles in the orbital path.
It takes us one year to make a lap. 365.25 * 24 hours = 8766 hours to travel around the path.
Divide the number of miles in the path by the number of hours in a year gives you the velocity of the earth (and all of us) in miles per hour thru space:
Traveling 584,058,560 miles in 8766 hours = 66,627.7 miles per hour.
And you thought you were having a slow day
I mean REALLY fast?
You should.
Did you know that right now you are moving at over 66,000 miles per hour?
Unusual fact:
The earth (and all of us) travel in a circular orbital path around the sun once a year, (every 365.25 days).
Earth is 92,955,807 (average) miles from the sun.
The length of the orbital path is calculated by multiplying the radius times two and multiplying that times Pi.
92,955,807 * 2 =185,911,614. That multiplied times Pi = 584,058,560 miles in the orbital path.
It takes us one year to make a lap. 365.25 * 24 hours = 8766 hours to travel around the path.
Divide the number of miles in the path by the number of hours in a year gives you the velocity of the earth (and all of us
) in miles per hour thru space:Traveling 584,058,560 miles in 8766 hours = 66,627.7 miles per hour.
And you thought you were having a slow day
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Add or subtract the rotational speed of the earth at 1000 mph and the speed of our solar system around the galaxy at 515,000 mph and you get a feel for how fast you are moving all the time.
My head is full of stuff like that
My head is full of stuff like that
Kinda makes the cop with the radar gun look a little silly: "You were going 10 miles-per-hour too fast!"Add or subtract the rotational speed of the earth at 1000 mph and the speed of our solar system around the galaxy at 515,000 mph and you get a feel for how fast you are moving all the time.
My head is full of stuff like that
Edit: And he's right, people near the equator actually speed up and slow down by about 1,000 miles per hour every 24-hours. No wonder they get seasick
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Yes, well Einstein said that space and time are relative so if the time over a distance of space is measurable then that is the speed traveled in that situation. Speeds beyond the speed of light are not measurable.
The bottom line is; You need a FASTER car.
The bottom line is; You need a FASTER car.
Thanks, Sentry! I just love this thread! Great info!
