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Fact about extreme temperature variation in Colorado

The highest temperature ever recorded in Colorado was 118 °F (48 °C) on 1888-07-11, at Bennett, while the lowest was -61 °F (-52 °C) on 1985-02-01, at Maybell.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado

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What color is a beam of white light?

A beam of white light is made up of all the colours in the spectrum. The range extends from red to violet, with orange, yellow, green and blue in between. But there is one colour that is notable by its absence, pink (or magenta, to use its official name) simply isn’t there.

Reference: http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science/strange-but-true/profs-probings/colour_spectrum_magenta_complimentary_bizarre

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What color is a polar bear

Polar bears really have black skin and their fur isn't white it is a see through

Reference: Discovery channel

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Where does a goldfish get it's color?

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

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How are rainbows made?

Rainbows are a result of the sun's white light being broken up into it's component colors through the prism of a raindrop. This division of white light into its component colors is called Dispersion. The light is often double-reflected on either side of the raindrop before exiting and headed your way. The color of a light wave see depends on the frequency of the light wave entering your eyes.

This explains why we see the colors of a rainbow, but how come all the colors line up next to each other? Since different frequency light waves bounce and reflect differently meaning that the different colors line up coming at a slightly different angle from each other. (note: the frequency of a wave is the number of cycles of a wave to pass some point in one second. )

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What color is water?

Water is transparent liquid in small amounts but, exhibits a bluish tinge in large quantities. Pure water is odorless and tasteless.

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How do you apply eyeliner?

Your eyeliner should be a shade that compliments your natural eye color. To apply pull the outside corner of the eyelid outward to create a straight line to apply color. Always draw as close to eyelashes as possible.

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What is the "blackbox" recorder for?

An airplane's "blackbox"' is a device which records conditions and events on an air vessel. A "blackbox" is actually orange in color to make it more visible in the wreckage.

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Black, white or color?

Black and white are generally not labeled as colors. Black is the result of absence of color and white is all colors mixed together.

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How do we see in color?

The eye and nerves connected to the eye can visualize color by stimulation of colored cones within the retina from the different lightwave frequency that is projected by object.

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