William Safire's speech if Apollo 11 became Stranded on the Moon..
"Mission Control would use their euphemism, 'close down communication,' and the men would have to either starve or commit suicide,"
2019
Despite the methodological limitations, the finding that 50 of the 64 reviewed studies revealed an association between diet and AD incidence offers promising implications for diet as a modifiable risk factor for AD.
but most studies show diet is promising for Alzheimer's
2016
Agricultural Pollution.
Agriculture contributes greatly to soil erosion and sediment deposition through intensive management or inefficient land cover
2020
In 1993 there was a Proposal to build an Advertising Billboard in Outer Space that would Appear roughly the same Size and Brightness as the moon.
The project didn't meet funding and inspired a bill to ban all advertisement in outer space.
John James Audubon.
his seminal work, Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-sized prints, is still a standard by which modern day bird artists are measured
2020
The ISS is visible to more than 90% of the Earth’s population.
In the night sky it appears as a fast-moving star crossing from horizon to horizon.
2020
Physicist Lene Hau lead a team in 2001 that was the First to Completely Stop a beam of Light.
Later experiments included turning light into matter, and then matter back into light.
2020
Only two ships have been sunk by submarines since WW2.
the INS Khukri during the Indo-Pakistani War and the ARA General Belgrano during the Falkland Islands war.
2020
The Meadows is in Nottingham, England close to the River Trent and West Bridgford and is home to the Nottingham War Memorial Gardens.
I'm intrigued and will visit soon.
2020
the first olympic marathon gold medalist told hittler that he hoped he won't start a war.
Hi brought him an olive tree branch instead of nazi waving.
2019
The Potato and Tomato are both Native to Peru. Though commonly associated with Eurasian culinary traditions.
Both plants were unknown to the eastern hemisphere until 500 years ago.
2019
'Captain Tom' a 99 Year old man, Raises more than $31 Million for UK Health service by Walking 100 Laps of his Garden...
Everyone can find a way to help
Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in less than 10 minutes.
The Photons emitted from the Sun’s surface travel at the speed of light to reach our eyes in only 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
2013
We know more about Mars and our Moon than we do about our oceans.
We have fully mapped 100% of the surface of Mars and Earth’s Moon, whereas we have only been able to map roughly 5% of the ocean floor.
2009
When Monopoly players Started with twice the money as their opponents.
they began to act rudely towards other players and argued that they used strategy and skill to achieve victory
2013
Inequality affects the political support of redistribution - if inequality is skewed such that the middle class is closer to the poor than to the affluent, political support for redistributaion will be stronger. 2011
