Most of the products that we use everyday, like plastics, vehicle fuels, soaps & detergents, clothes, toothpastes are made from oil. Oil, or petroleum is derived from the fossils of animals and plants that lived millions of years back.Oil is one of the richest sources of hydrocarbons today.Coal is an abundant fossil resource that consists [...]
You must have heard of water monsters in the pages of fiction. But the fact is that they do really exist deep in the sea. They are actually water animals that look like a monster. One such water animal is the Vampire Squid, known to scientists as Vampyroteuthis infernalis. The squid has large fins [...]
There are about 90 pyramids in Egypt, the most popular of which is the Great Pyramids of Khufu built at Giza around 4500 B.C (other popular ones are the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure).
Pyramids were built as tombs for Egyptian kings and queens and it was considered an exclusive privilege to have a Pyramid [...]
Importance of Drinking Enough Water
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is
often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%.
[...]
Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by Larry Page & Sergey Brin, got it’s name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.
The East Japan Railway Company (JR-East), as part of research aimed at developing more environmentally friendly train stations, is testing an experimental system that produces electricity as people pass through ticket gates.
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- Importance of Drinking Enough Water
Importance of Drinking Enough Water
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is
often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%.
[...] - Google
Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by Larry Page & Sergey Brin, got it’s name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.
- East Japan Railway Company
The East Japan Railway Company (JR-East), as part of research aimed at developing more environmentally friendly train stations, is testing an experimental system that produces electricity as people pass through ticket gates.
- Hydrogen Cars
Cars today put out a lot of pollution, and use up fossil fuels. Predictions are that hydrogen cars with combination of solar and electricity source, are the future of transportation. Device that is the size of microwave oven may be all you need to fuel your car in the future. Using small device, hydrogen can [...]
- Rotating building
Company in Brazil (Suite Vollard) constructed a building in which each floor can rotate 360 degrees. Each building has 11 apartments and each apartment can spin individually in any direction. One rotation takes a full hour, but apartment owner can set rotation speed through apartment control panel. Facades are made of three different types of [...]
- Einstein
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honor of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo [...]
