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May 31: Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear
stockpiles of the world.
May 29: When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
May 28: By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in
quicksand.
May 25: No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more
than 7 times.
May 23: If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.
May 22: Super Glue was invented by accident. The researcher was trying to make optical
coating materials, and would test their properties by putting them between two
prisms and shining light through them. When he tried the cyano-acrylate, he
couldn't get the prisms apart.
May 21: The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.
May 18: A large sunspot can last for about a week.
May 17: Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
May 16:
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like
it's kissing the conveyor belt.
May 15: The seeds of an Indian Lotus tree remain viable for 300 to 400 years.
May 14: The cosmos contains approximately 50,000,000,000 galaxies.
May 11: The leg muscles of a locust are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal
weight of human muscle.
May 10: The first electronic digital computer (called ENIAC - the Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Calculator) was developed in 1946 and contained over 18,000
vacuum tubes.
May 9: The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
May 8: The hottest planet in the solar system is Venus, with an estimated surface
temperature of 864 F (462 C).
May 7: The largest cave in the world (the Sarawak Chamber in Malaysia) is 2,300 feet
(701 meters) long, 980 feet (299 meters) wide, and more than 230 feet (70
meters) high.
May 4: The deepest part of the ocean is 35,813 feet (10,916 meters) deep and occurs in
the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. At that depth the pressure is 18,000
pounds (9172 kilograms) per square inch.
May 2: It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow.
