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June 14: Did you know that cars did
not have ignition keys until 1949? You could purchase a new
Cadillac Coupe De Ville for under $3,500 in 1949.
June 13: What a thoughtful and
caring mother... The female Tarantula Hawk wasp paralyzes a large spider with her sting. She then
lays her eggs on the motionless body so that her developing young have a fresh
supply of spider meat to feed on.
June 12: October 10 is National Metric Day.
Where else but the US will you find a day commemorating
a system that every civilized country in the world uses except
us?
June
11: The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a
chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Sweet!
June 8: The typewriter was invented in 1829.
The automatic dishwasher was invented in 1889.
June 7: So you think you're smart?
Try topping this brain. The heaviest human brain ever
recorded weighed 5 lb. 1.1 oz. The average brain weighs in
at about 3 pounds.
June 5:The most powerful laser in the world generates a pulse of energy equal to
100,000,000,000,000 watts of power for .000000001 second to a target the size of
a grain of sand. This powerful laser, the Nova laser, is located at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory in California.
June 4: The highest temperature produced in a laboratory was 920,000,000
Fahrenheit. That's hot!. The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor in
Princeton, New Jersey produced these steamy temps.
June 1: The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the Bay of Fundy. The difference
between low tide and high tide can be as great as 54 feet.
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