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| Between the months of May-July it rains fish in Honduras. |
| The waters of the Planetary Ocean contain silver - 0.3 mg/m3 and gold - 0.008 mg/m3. The total quantity of gold is 11 billion tons, but its concentration is unprofitable for extraction. |
| The quantity of dissolved minerals in the waters of the Planetary Ocean is 50x1016 tons. This qunatity is enough to cover the ground of the Ocean with a 60m thick layer, the land surface with - 153m , or all the Planet with a 45m thick layer. |
| The smallest country is Nauru with 21,2 square km. |
| John James from Sydney, Australia has been declared the most intelligent person on Terra. 6 months from his birth and he knew to count, when he was 1 year old he could make operations like addition and substraction, when he was 2 he learnt algebra and when he was 4 he could solve problems that most of the best mathematicians could not solve. He broke a hand when he jumped in a swimming pool without looking if there was water inside and he managed to inflame his house twice. |
| The mass of our Sun is 1,98x1030 Kg (that is 198000000000000000000000000000000 Kg. |
| The mass of the planet Earth is 6,37x1024 Kg (that is 6370000000000000000000000 Kg. |
| If you started to move with a speed higher than the speed of light you would arrive at the destination before you started to move. |
| The first CD pressed in the United States for commercial release was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." |
| At age 47, the Rolling Stones' bassist, Bill Wyman, began a relationship with 13-year old Mandy Smith, with her mother's blessing. Six years later, they were married, but the union only lasted seventeen months. Not long after, Bill's 30-year-old son Stephen married Mandy's mother, age 46. That made Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother, Mandy. |
| Shock Rocker, Alice Cooper was once elected Homecoming Queen for the University Of Houston. |
| Chuck Berry holds a degree in cosmetology. |
| Petula Clark's hit, "This Is My Song" was written by movie actor Charlie Chaplin. |
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