Science and Technology

Bizarre Fact #111:
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Bacteria can reproduce sexually.

Bizarre Fact #112:
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Bacteria, the tiniest free-living cells, are so small that a single drop of liquid contains as many as 50 million of them.

Bizarre Fact #113:
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Because of a large orbital eccentricity, Pluto was closer to the sun than Neptune between January 1979 and March 1999.

Bizarre Fact #114:
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Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

Bizarre Fact #115:
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Because of the salt content of the Dead Sea, it is difficult to dive below its surface.

Bizarre Fact #116:
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Bill Gates' first business was Traff-O-Data, a company that created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.

Bizarre Fact #117:
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Blood is 6 times thicker than water.

Bizarre Fact #118:
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Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered 32 comets and approximately 800 asteroids.

Bizarre Fact #119:
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Clothes that are dried outside DO smell better because of a process called photolysis. What happens is this: sunlight breaks down compounds in the laundry that cause odor, such as perspiration and body oils.

Bizarre Fact #120:
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Clouds fly higher during the day than the night.