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Parsecs are used in astronomy to measure interstellar distances. A parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years or about 3.086×10 16 m (1.917×10 13 mi). Combining it with the "atto-" prefix (×10 −18) yields attoparsec (apc), a conveniently human-scaled unit of about 3.086 centimetres (1.215 in) that is used only humorously.
At your kid’s school event, maybe tone down the language and elicit some clucks from the crowd with a flock of chicken jokes. You could knock out Susan from accounting with your knock-knock jokes .
Where snowfall from both storms overlaps in the mountains from southern and central Colorado to northern New Mexico, 1-3 feet of snow is likely to fall in total this week, with locally higher ...
The 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard[1][3][4] was a major winter storm in the Northeastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 1997. The storm dumped rain, sleet, and snow from Maryland to Maine leaving hundreds of thousands without power and as much as three feet of snow on the ground. Due to the date, many people took warnings of the storm ...
On Oct. 29, the 12,000-foot peak broke a 130-year-old record of snow absence, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. ... Snow begins forming on Mount Fuji around Oct. 2, according to the ...
The "world's funniest joke" is a term used by Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in 2002 to summarize one of the results of his research. For his experiment, named LaughLab, he created a website where people could rate and submit jokes. [1] Purposes of the research included discovering the joke that had the widest appeal and ...
A blizzard that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow has revived a longstanding Chicago tradition: Break out the patio furniture. Or, if none is available, suitcases, garbage cans, strollers, bar stools ...
There was more ice then snow in this system, and as a result, periods of freezing rain and sleet were expected in a swath extending from North Carolina to Long Island, with ice accumulations ranging from 0.1–0.5 inches (2.5–12.7 mm), [65] and snow accumulations of 5–8 inches (13–20 cm). [65] This system moved off the coast early on ...