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Where did the Moon come from?

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Where did the Moon come from?

I did all the reading so you won’t have to! The actual origins of the moon is not yet clear, but there are several theories proposing how it came to be and why it is where we see it now. I will make it as simple as I can, if you want to read more feel free to follow the links at the end of this post.

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Real-life Iron Man made in Japan

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Real-life Iron Man made in Japan

Japan has developed what is called Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL), created by Cyberdyne, which boosts its wearer’s physical strength like Iron Man.

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The oldest religion is 2000 years older than Christianity

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The oldest religion is 2000 years older than Christianity

Hinduism is the oldest living religion which traces back to 5500–2600 BCE. BCE stands for Before the Current Era or Before the Christian Era.

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Yahoo! is actually a backronym, not acronym

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Yahoo! is actually a backronym, not acronym

Before it was named Yahoo! it was first “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web”. Very easy to forget! The solution?

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Neptune takes 165 years to orbit around the Sun

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Neptune takes 165 years to orbit around the Sun

Since Neptune’s discovery in the year 1846, 165 years ago, scientists have been waiting for next week (somewhere around July 10-16, 2011) for its first observed complete revolution around the sun.

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Cat whiskers serve as an antenna

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Cat whiskers serve as an antenna

Cat use their whiskers, along other mammals with one, to navigate through complicated passageways, holes, cat fort, and other places they want to stick their necks into.

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