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A comprehensive list of sports, including various physical activities and games.
Of 3,168 sexual encounters, 37% were same-sex acts. Flirting was common (up to 25 potential partners a day of both sexes); only one species (the British spiny seahorse) included faithful representatives, and for these 5 of 17 were faithful, 12 were not.
Comparing life expectancies across countries can be problematic. For example, due to poor reporting in some countries and various local standards in collecting statistics. This is especially true for Healthy life expectancy, the definition of which criteria may change over time, even within a country.
Dams can range in height from 20 cm (7.9 in) to 3 m (9.8 ft) and can stretch from 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) to several hundred meters long. Beaver dams are more effective in trapping and slowly leaking water than man-made concrete dams.
100 μm – smallest distance that can be seen with the naked eye; 100 μm – average diameter of a strand of human hair [25] 100 μm – thickness of a coat of paint; 100 μm – length of a dust particle; 120 μm – the geometric mean of the Planck length and the diameter of the observable universe: √ 8.8 × 10 26 m × 1.6 × 10 −35 m
Saturday Night's Main Event was a tremendous rating success for NBC during its heyday, most notably on the March 14, 1987, show, which drew an 11.6 rating, which to this day remains the highest rating any show has ever done in that time slot.
The cat (Felis catus), also referred to as the domestic cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae.Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC.
Homer uses the for chthon the epithets "euryodeia" (broad-seated) and "polyvoteira" (all-nourishing) which can also be used for the earth. [20] In some plays of Aeschylus"chthon" is the earth-goddess Gaia. [19] [25] [26] The tragic poets usually describe Gaia as mother of all, all-nourishing and all-productive who must be honoured.