Space
Where is the most volcanic activity at?
What is Jupiter's Moon Io?
The volcanic moon is Jupiter's third-largest and the innermost Galilean satellite, it finds itself caught in a gravitational tug-of-war between Jupiter and two nearby Jovian moons Europa and Ganymede. These tidal forces generate the heat that drives Io's intense volcanic activity
Ketchup was originally used as _____.
What is Medicine?
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. In 1834, it was sold as a cure for an upset stomach by an Ohio physician named John Cook. It wasn't popularized as a condiment until the late 19th century.
What sets bats apart from other mammals?
What is flying?
Bats are the only mammals that actually fly, flapping their wings to propel them in flight. Some mammals, such as flying squirrels, only glide rather than fly. Because bats are unique they are classified in their own special order of mammals, called Chiroptera.
What is BackRub?
They called it this because the program analyzed the web’s “back links” to understand how important a website was, and what other sites it related to. BackRub operated on Stanford’s servers until it eventually took up too much bandwidth.
What was NASA's predecessor?
What is National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)?
Before NASA was formed, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was started by President Woodrow Wilson to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight.
Why did Mercury get it's name?
What is for being the fastest planet in our solar system?
The Romans believed that gods and goddesses were in charge of everything on Earth. Mercury is named after the messenger for their gods. Mercury had wings on his helmet and shoes. He could travel very quickly from place to place. The planet Mercury zips around our Sun at an average of 107,000 miles per hour — which is 40,000 mph faster than Earth. A year on Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days.
In the thirteenth century, Pope Gregory IX declared war on ____.
What are cats?
Gregory insisted that black cats in particular were associated with devil worship, which led to them being widely exterminated throughout Europe. It’s believed that over time the scarcity of cats allowed the rat population to grow, which in turn helped to spread the bubonic plague a few decades later!
The elephant is the only mammal that cannot do this.
What is jump?
Unlike most mammals, the bones in elephant legs are all pointed downwards, which means they don't have the "spring" required to push off the ground. This makes it impossible for an elephant to jump.
How frequently are spam emails replied to?
What is approximately 1 in 12 million?
A new study determined that spammers make lots of money, despite only receiving a response to one in every 12,500,000 emails they spam out. It was found that spammers are still bringing in about $7,000 a day or $3.5m in a year even with a response rate of less than 0.00001 percent.
In what year did NASA become operational?
What is 1958?
NASA became operational on October 1, 1958 -- one year after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.
What is the most distant region of our solar system?
What is the Oort Cloud?
The Oort Cloud lies far beyond Pluto and the most distant edges of the Kuiper Belt. While the planets of our solar system orbit in a flat plane, the Oort Cloud is believed to be a giant spherical shell surrounding the Sun, planets and Kuiper Belt Objects. It's like a big, thick bubble around our solar system, made of icy, comet-like objects. The inner edge of the Oort Cloud, however, is thought to be located between 2,000 and 5,000 astronomical units, or AU, from the Sun, with the outer edge being located somewhere between 10,000 and 100,000 AU from the Sun. 1 AU is roughly 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers.
On September 25, 1820, Salem, NJ held a trial against ___.
What are tomatoes?
The general populace believed that tomatoes were poisonous, so Robert Johnson stepped in to prove them wrong. To do so, he bravely stood before a crowd at the courthouse and consumed a whole basket of the delectable fruit. Not dying after consumption, the trial was promptly dismissed.
Where did Bonobo chimpanzee get their name?
What is a typo?
The name is derived from a misspelling on a shipping crate from the town of Bolobo on the Congo River near the location from which the first bonobo chimpanzees were found in the 1920s
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What was Nokia's first product?
What is toilet paper?
Now known for mobile phones, Nokia was originally a pulp mill that produced toilet paper.
During the first missions to space in NASA's Apollo program, one of the most popular food staples was ____.
What is bacon?
In 1968, the United States had its first manned Apollo mission to space. And the crew of Apollo 7 preferred bacon. The item was so popular that is was practically eaten every day in the subsequent Apollo 8 and 9 missions. Apollo 8 crew astronaut Jim Lovell even said, “Happiness is bacon squares for breakfast”.
Which planet can float in water?
What is Saturn?
Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water. It could float in a bathtub if anybody could build a bathtub big enough.
English poet, Lord Byron, kept this in his dorm at Cambridge.
What is a pet bear?
He's said to have purchased the bear at a fair in defiance of the rules that banned students from keeping dogs in college.
What's the most notable difference between female and male mosquitoes?
What is only female mosquitoes bite and transmit diseases?
Male mosquitoes feed only on plant juices, such as nectar, to get the sugar they need for energy and survival. As males do not bite, they cannot transmit diseases. Female mosquitoes, on the other hand, need protein from blood for the development of their eggs.
Why was the QWERTY keyboard designed?
What is to slow down the typing speed?
The initial versions of typewriters made in the 1870s had few technical issues. The metal arms, which hold the characters, used to clash and jam if the keys were pressed in rapid succession or if a typist pressed the adjacent keys simultaneously, thus the QWERTY keyboard was invented.
How many NASA centers are there?
What is 10 centers?
NASA consists of its Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 10 field centers. Each center's Exhibit Program has been assigned a geographic region of responsibility
How many Earth days is one Venus day?
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How many Earth days is one Venus year?
What is 243 Earth days in a Venus day?
What is 224.7 Earth days in a Venus year?
A Venus day is approximately 243 Earth days long. The bad news is we would have to wait up to three Earth years for a weekend. That’s because a day on Venus is longer than its year! It takes Venus longer to rotate once on its axis than to complete one orbit of the Sun. It takes Venus only 224.7 Earth days to complete an orbit of the Sun.
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President Abraham Lincoln is in the ____ Hall of Fame.
What is wrestling?
The 6'4" president had only one loss among his around 300 contests. He earned a reputation for this in New Salem, Illinois, as an elite fighter.
What is the loudest animal in the world?
What is the sperm whale?
The sperm whale makes a series of clicking noises that can reach as high as 230 db making it the loudest animal in the world.
Where did the name Google come from?
What is a typo?
Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were searching for a name with their friend Sean Anderson. Anderson suggested the word “googolplex” during a brainstorming session, and Page countered with the shorter “googol.” Googol is the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes, while googolplex is 1 followed by a googol zeros.
Anderson checked to see if that domain name was taken, but accidentally searched for “google.com” instead of “googol.com.” Page liked that name even better, and registered the domain name for Brin and himself on September 15, 1997.
The VAB is so big that it has it's own ____ system.
What is weather?
The VAB is so large that it has its own weather. On humid days, rain clouds can form below the ceiling, requiring about 10,000 tons of air conditioning equipment to control the moisture. With this setup, the total volume of air in the building can be replaced in only one hour.