Cool-Facts . NET http://www.cool-facts.net Awesome Facts, Every Day Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:31:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Dehydration in the Sahara http://www.cool-facts.net/dehydration-in-the-sahara/ http://www.cool-facts.net/dehydration-in-the-sahara/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:31:52 +0000 admin http://www.cool-facts.net/?p=221 A person can lose a gallon of water per hour just by standing in the Sahara Desert. Two gallons per hour if walking.

Sahara Desert

NASA photo of Sahara desert

Source: Earth’s Natural Wonders

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Moulay Ismail

Source: Wikipedia: Moulay Ismail

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]]> http://www.cool-facts.net/record-number-of-offspring/feed/ 0 Largest Atomic Bomb http://www.cool-facts.net/largest-atomic-bomb/ http://www.cool-facts.net/largest-atomic-bomb/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:23:42 +0000 admin http://www.cool-facts.net/?p=184 The largest atomic bomb ever detonated was 1,400 times more powerful than the combined bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. Mushroom Cloud

It was tested by the Soviet Union in the Arctic, where it produced a mushroom cloud 40 miles high and 25 miles wide.

Source: Wikipedia: Tsar Bomba

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Musical Notes

Source: Radiolab: Musical Language

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]]> http://www.cool-facts.net/chinese-and-perfect-pitch/feed/ 0 Flying Snakes http://www.cool-facts.net/flying-snakes/ http://www.cool-facts.net/flying-snakes/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:03:47 +0000 admin http://www.cool-facts.net/?p=196 The tree-dwelling snake, Chrysopelea paradisi, can practically fly from one tree to another. It can launch itself a horizontal distance of 79 feet or more.

Tree Snake

Source: Yahoo News

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That is more than twice the height of the Empire State Building in New York.

Burj Khalifa of Dubai

Source: Wikipedia: Burj Khalifa

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Welwitschia Mirabilis

Source: Science Ray

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]]> http://www.cool-facts.net/ancient-plants/feed/ 0 Harold Williams http://www.cool-facts.net/harold-williams/ http://www.cool-facts.net/harold-williams/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:47:20 +0000 admin http://www.cool-facts.net/?p=182 Harold Williams, a former foreign correspondent for The Times, was fluent in 58 languages.

Source: Nzedge.com

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Pint Glass

2.1 pints per liter

Source: Wikipedia: Daily Salivary Output

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Page of Hieroglyphics

Source: The Politics of English as a World Language

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