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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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| 1 |
Boron nitride, in cubic form, is the second-hardest material known. |
Science > Chemistry |
03/11/13 |
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| 2 |
Graphene is the thinnest, strongest material known. |
Science > Chemistry |
09/03/12 |
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| 3 |
Long-period comets usually come from the Oort Cloud. |
Science > Astronomy |
08/27/12 |
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| 4 |
Charles Darwin came up with a concept called Natural Selection. |
Science > Biology |
05/17/12 |
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| 5 |
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. |
Science > Astronomy |
04/07/12 |
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| 6 |
Proxima Centauri is discovered in 1915. |
Science > Astronomy |
02/11/12 |
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| 7 |
An amblygon is another word for a(n) obtuse triangle. |
Science > Math |
11/10/11 |
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| 8 |
Venus' axial tilt is 177.3 degrees, the reason for its seemingly retrograde rotation. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/08/11 |
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| 9 |
Betelgeuse is also known as Alpha Orionis. |
Science > Astronomy |
06/13/11 |
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| 10 |
Mixing ammonia and bleach together will produce a gas that kills instantly. |
Science > Chemistry |
12/26/10 |
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| 11 |
The center of the Andromeda Galaxy is a supermassive black hole. |
Science > Astronomy |
12/01/10 |
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| 12 |
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/19/10 |
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| 13 |
Earth has a 23.5 degree tilt. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/09/10 |
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| 14 |
Sometimes Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/09/10 |
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| 15 |
A cosmic year, or a galactic year, is the time it takes for the Sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way. |
Science > Astronomy |
04/04/10 |
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