The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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According to a survey conducted by Samsung, documentaries cause the most people to tune into TV than other programs, with 41% of people claiming that it’s their favorite TV genre! No wonder ‘Blue Planet II’ was the most watched show of 2017, with 14.1 million viewers at its peak!
Parts of Louisiana's vibrant and brash city, New Orleans, sit below sea level, so many houses don’t have true basements. Even graves are above ground in beautiful stone structures! The cemeteries are actually very popular tourist attractions, with a lot of the cemeteries offering tours.
When author Ian Fleming was trying to find a name for his new character, he came across the book “Birds of the West Indies”, written by ornithologist James Bond. Fleming deemed the name perfect, because it was the dullest one he had ever heard, and he considered 007 extremely uninteresting.
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According to a survey conducted by Samsung, documentaries cause the most people to tune into TV than other programs, with 41% of people claiming that it’s their favorite TV genre! No wonder ‘Blue Planet II’ was the most watched show of 2017, with 14.1 million viewers at its peak!
Parts of Louisiana's vibrant and brash city, New Orleans, sit below sea level, so many houses don’t have true basements. Even graves are above ground in beautiful stone structures! The cemeteries are actually very popular tourist attractions, with a lot of the cemeteries offering tours.
When author Ian Fleming was trying to find a name for his new character, he came across the book “Birds of the West Indies”, written by ornithologist James Bond. Fleming deemed the name perfect, because it was the dullest one he had ever heard, and he considered 007 extremely uninteresting.
The employees at the Unclaimed Baggage Centre at Scottsboro Airport have made some interesting finds over the years, most notably a camera from a space shuttle and – amazingly – the missile guidance system of a fighter jet. Someone must have had a lot of explaining to do...
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