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Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Existence. Scientists have found the biggest and oldest reservoir of water ever--so large and so old, it’s almost impossible to describe.

Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Existence

The water is out in space, a place we used to think of as desolate and desert dry, but it's turning out to be pretty lush. Researchers found a lake of water so large that it could provide each person on Earth an entire planet’s worth of water--20,000 times over. Yes, so much water out there in space that it could supply each one of us all the water on Earth--Niagara Falls, the Pacific Ocean, the polar ice caps, the puddle in the bottom of the canoe you forgot to flip over--20,000 times over. The water is in a cloud around a huge black hole that is in the process of sucking in matter and spraying out energy (such an active black hole is called a quasar), and the waves of energy the black hole releases make water by literally knocking hydrogen and oxygen atoms together.

Six Tips to Help You Remember Your Lines. K-MODDL > Tutorials > Reuleaux Triangle. If an enormously heavy object has to be moved from one spot to another, it may not be practical to move it on wheels.

K-MODDL > Tutorials > Reuleaux Triangle

Instead the object is placed on a flat platform that in turn rests on cylindrical rollers (Figure 1). As the platform is pushed forward, the rollers left behind are picked up and put down in front. Top 10 Influencers - Diabetes Graphic. Scienceclasstemplate. What we SHOULD have been taught in our senior year of high school. Epicycloid. Born to Learn ~ You are Born to Learn. How Mathematics Can Make Smart People Dumb - Ben O'Neill. Mathematics can sometimes make smart people dumb.

How Mathematics Can Make Smart People Dumb - Ben O'Neill

100 Very Cool Facts About The Human Body. The Brain The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy.

100 Very Cool Facts About The Human Body

There may be a lot we don’t know, but here are a few interesting facts that we’ve got covered. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It’s due to the super-speedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb.

Hair and Nails. Human Brain Responds To Animals, Cute Or Creepy. Short but tricky management ability test. The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you are qualified to be a “manager.”

Short but tricky management ability test

The questions are not that difficult. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door.This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? Wrong Answer : Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator. Correct Answer : Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your actions.The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend except one.

According to Andersen Consulting World wide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong. TEN HUMANIST COMMANDMENTS. Moving slabs [This Dynamic Earth, USGS] 7 Innocent Gestures That Can Get You Killed Overseas. If you've ever had your penis cut off and/or been executed while on holiday, you'll probably know that it's easy to offend people from other cultures. Unless you learn the ways of the place you're visiting, even the most well-meaning tourist can regularly find his oesophagus stuffed with burning goat. But surely just plain common sense and good manners will save you, right? Wrong. What does 0^0 (zero raised to the zeroth power) equal? Why do mathematicians and high school teachers disagree. Clever student: I know!

What does 0^0 (zero raised to the zeroth power) equal? Why do mathematicians and high school teachers disagree

Now we just plug in x=0, and we see that zero to the zero is one! Cleverer student: 39 Stores with Student Discounts. SLCC - Learning Handouts. Skip navigation links ugs : life and learning in sync Sanger Learning Center is UT Austin’s main resource for academic support.

SLCC - Learning Handouts

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive. UDF SkyWalker V1.0. Infographic: United States of the Environment. In the spirit of two popular infographics that map out the best and worst of all 50 U.S. states — the United States of Awesome and the United States of Shame — MNN decided to see how each state shines or suffers in regard to environmental and public health.

Infographic: United States of the Environment

Our "United States of the Environment" maps depict each state's No. 1 and No. 50 ranking for issues such as conservation, agriculture, energy efficiency, disease prevalence, pollution, natural resource availability and education, among others. Check out the two maps below, and see our list of states, stats and sources for more information.

Sources for "good U.S. " map:Alabama: Lowest rate of alcohol abuse or dependence (U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Alaska: Most wetlands (U.S. Geological Survey) Arizona: Most solar power potential (USA Today, National Climatic Data Center) Arkansas: Home of Buffalo River, first U.S. Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris.

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10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was) Everyone loves lists.

10 Things I Wish I’d Been told in College (and 1 I was)

Well. I love lists, and while there’s been a lot of talk over my three years actively blogging about theatre about the failings of the Theatre Education Industrial Complex, we’ve not really attempted to create a curriculum we approve of. Largely because, well, creating a new theatre education paradigm is hard. And I’m not going to do that here, because I’m not sure how to even begin. Instead? The List Blog. The 6 Creepiest Places on Earth.

Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared. Throughout our history, most civilizations have either met a slow demise or were wiped out by natural disasters or invasion.

Top 10 Civilizations That Mysteriously Disappeared

Top 10 Most Important Historical Finds. The Art of Complex Problem Solving. Famous World Ideologies, as explained by references to Cows. Dropping knowledge. Medical Tales. Medical Tales. Mathematica Online Integrator.

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Biology Project - site map. News. 10 Open Education Resources You May Not Know About (But Should) Books. - Knotty Yarn - My Planned Parenthood. Where Children Sleep. The List Blog. 10 Strange Events, People, & Locations Many strange and unexplained events have taken place in history.

The average human is a 28 year old, right handed chinese man with a mobile phone and no bank account.