Science and Technology

Bizarre Fact #141:
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If you stand in the bottom of a well, you would be able to see the stars even in the daytime.

Bizarre Fact #142:
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

Bizarre Fact #143:
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In 1980, Namco released PAC-MAN, the most popular video game (or arcade game) of all time. The original name was going to be PUCK MAN, but executives saw the potential for vandals to scratch out part of the P in the games marquee and labeling.

Bizarre Fact #144:
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In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than 100 years before either moon was discovered.

Bizarre Fact #145:
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In the Durango desert, in Mexico, there's a creepy spot called the "Zone of Silence." You can't pick up clear TV or radio signals. And locals say fireballs sometimes appear in the sky.

Bizarre Fact #146:
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It takes a plastic container 50000 years to start decomposing.

Bizarre Fact #147:
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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

Bizarre Fact #148:
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Lab tests can detect traces of alcohol in urine six to 12 hours after a person has stopped drinking.

Bizarre Fact #149:
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Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.

Bizarre Fact #150:
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On average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.