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Why Bee Stings Hurt
Posted by andy chuks on 2011-03-20About 2 million people in the U.S. are allergic to the venom of stinging insects, according to WebMD, and even those who aren't allergic can be afraid because of the acute pain caused by those fuzzy little critters.Redness, swelling and a dull ache a...Read All»
World's Fastest Swimmers
Posted by andy chuks on 2011-02-22Blue to gray in color and reaching up to 10 feet (3.05 meters) in length and 220 pounds (99.8 kilograms) in weight, the sailfish is considered the fastest marine creature. These streamlined beasts have been clocked at 68 miles per hour (30.4 meters p...Read All»
What is Boxing Day? History
Posted by andy chuks on 2010-12-26Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national laws. It is observed in Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and in some Commonwealth...Read All»
Do Pirates Still Exist?
Posted by williams sodic on 2010-12-03Yes very much well they exist.A Pirate is a person who commits warlike acts in the sea without authorization of any nation. The word "pirate" conjures up images of eye patches, parrots and peg legs. They sound tough, but the buccaneers of old wouldn�...Read All»
Leonardo Da Vinci's 10 Best Ideas
Posted by andy chuks on 2010-11-15Da Vinci helped revolutionize science. And sometimes he just dreamed up fanciful concepts. Always, he thought in ways no one else had. '1) Mirror WritingWas it a ploy to thwart Renaissance copycats peeking at his notes, or just a way to avoid the ink...Read All»
World's Biggest Airplane
Posted by andy chuks on 2010-11-12With a wingspan of 290 feet (88.4 meters) – almost the length of football field – and a maximum take-off weight of 1.3 million pounds (600,000 kilograms), the Antonov-225 is the world’s largest airplane.This giant among planes was built i...Read All»
What is the Difference Between Alligators and Crocodiles?
Posted by andy chuks on 2010-11-12Coming face to face with a crocodile or an alligator, you'd likely see a mouth full of serrated teeth that would likely scare the bejeezus out of you.Upon closer inspection, not recommended out in the wild, you'd spot glaring differences:Snout shape:...Read All»
World's Oldest Person Dies
Posted by JP Williams on 2010-11-09French nun Eugenie Blanchard, certified as the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 114 on the French Caribbean island of Saint-Barthelemy.She was born on February 16, 1896 in her family home in the Merlette neighbourhood of Saint Barth. A...Read All»
World's Tallest Statue of Jesus erected in Poland
Posted by andy chuks on 2010-11-07A gigantic statue of Jesus - claimed to be the world's tallest - has been erected in a western Polish town.Christ the King in Swiebodzin rises 33m (108ft) - one metre for every year that Jesus lived, said Sylwester Zawadzki, the priest who created th...Read All»
World Largest Pumpkin
Posted by JP Williams on 2010-10-25The record for largest pumpkin was set this year by Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wisconsin, who won the Stillwater Harvest festival with his 1810.5-pound pumpkin, said to be the world's heaviest ever recorded.The record has not been officially ackn...Read All»
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