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Ace trivia night with these cool and random fun facts for adults and kids. This list of interesting facts is the perfect way to learn something new about life. 105 Fun Facts About Science, History ...
A science fair or engineering fair is an event hosted by a school that offers students the opportunity to experience the practices of science and engineering for themselves. In the United States, the Next Generation Science Standards makes experiencing the practices of science and engineering one of the three pillars of science education.
Image credits: all_thats_interesting #6. On May 18, 1980, Washington's Mount St. Helens erupted in a cataclysmic blast that left 57 people dead and an area the size of Chicago completely devastated.
Image credits: LyricalWillow #2. Disney once sued three day care centers in Florida for unauthorized use of their characters (5 foot high likenesses on murals on the buildings) who had to remove them.
A back-building thunderstorm, commonly referred to as a training thunderstorm, is a thunderstorm in which new development takes place on the upwind side (usually the west or southwest side in the Northern Hemisphere), such that the storm seems to remain stationary or propagate in a backward direction. Though the storm often appears stationary ...
Hurricane-force winds, caused by individual thunderstorms, thunderstorm complexes, derechos, tornadoes, extratropical cyclones, or tropical cyclones can destroy mobile homes and structurally damage buildings with foundations. Winds of this strength due to downslope winds off terrain have been known to shatter windows and sandblast paint from cars.
Here, millions of people come together to share the most surprising, obscure, and fascinating facts they’ve just discovered. Some change how we see the world, while others are simply ...
Despite this, a British panel show compiling interesting facts has been given the name Duck Quacks Don't Echo. The dodo was intelligent and inedible despite popular belief. Despite the saying "dumb as a dodo", the dodo's intelligence was above average for an avian, as it was a member of the family Columbidae (pigeons).