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Tip for saving energy in the home

Replacing an electric water heater with a solar model can reduce water heat costs by 50 to 80 percent every year - and over the 20-year life of the equipment, more than 50 tons of carbon dioxide emissions will be displaced.

Reference: http://www.powerhousetv.com/

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Animal sonar, echolocation, and noise pollution

Whales and dolphins have a tool called echolocation, a sonar which allows them to "see" their prey, even it's internal workings! Noise pollution in the water has a significant effect on whales ability to navigate, hunt, locate their pods, and reproduce.

Echolocating animals have two ears positioned slightly apart. The echoes returning to the two ears arrive at different times and at different loudness levels, depending on the position of the object generating the echoes. The time and loudness differences are used by the animals to perceive direction. With echolocation the bat or other animal can see not only where it's going but can also see how big another animal is, what kind of animal it is, and other features as well.
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Many modern submarines use their own sonar a low and mid-frequency sonar is so deafening the pressure waves affect animals on the cellular level, causing the equivalent of "the bends" or decompression sickness. For animals with echolocation this causes sonar function to fail and leaves these animals blind, if they're lucky. What often results is massive beachings (update: court blocks sonar 7/6/06)

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Who gets thirstiest, rats or camels?

A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

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How many stomach's does a cow have?

A cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices).

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Why do Iguanas make good divers?

An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.

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Bathroom Facts

An average person visits the toilet 2,500 times per year. (6-8 times per day) People spend at least 3 years of their lives on the toilet. Seven million cell phones are dropped in the toilet per year. Americans use a lot more toilet paper than any other country. (7 sheets on average) People have flushed down the toilet: goldfish, false teeth, socks, underwear, bras, shirts, shoes, mice, hamsters, toy cars, action figures, Barbies, toothbrushes, and whole rolls of toliet paper. Most toilets flush on an E-flat note. 10,000 times you have to change a baby's diaper until it learns how to go to the bathroom itself. Men spend 140 days of his life shaving. Brushing your teeth with the water on wastes 5 gallons of water. Shaving with the water on wastes 15 to 20 gallons. Females takes 3 times longer than males in the bathroom.

Reference: http://www.createblog.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t164727.html

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There's a lot of water in this country's desert

The exploration for oil in the southern deserts of Libya discovered vast underground resources of water which will be tapped by the Great Manmade River Project. The Great Manmade River Project will enable Libya to reclaim land from the desert with the aim of agricultural self-sufficiency by bringing water from the natural underground supplies in the south. The natural reserves tapped by this civil engineering project will provide water for several hundred years.

Reference: http://www.worldinfozone.com/facts.php?country=Libya

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What are treatment for different types of burns?

A mild burn, run under cold tap water for 10 minutes, (do not use ice). A first degree burn, leave alone 24 hours, do not cover and avoid any product application. A second degree burn, apply antibiotic ointment and cover with sterile dressing. If blisters break open clean with tap water. A third degree burn, needs immediate medical attention. Have person lie down, and cover burn with clean sheet, until medical professional arrives.

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What are the most abundant chemicals in the universe and earth?

Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical in the universe and oxygen is the most abundant chemical element in the earths crust, water and atmosphere.

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How fast does rain fall?

A raindrop falls at 600ft. per minute or 7 mph. A raindrop is round but appears to be oval because gravitation pulls on the front of the raindrop as it is falling.

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What is the most rainfall ever recorded?

The greatest amount of rainfall ever recorded fell in the amount of 1.5 inches per minute on November 26, 1970 in Barst, Guadeloupe located in the West Indies.

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Which takes up more space, water or ice?

Most substances take up less space when frozen than when liquid. Ice from water on the other hand occupies more space than the original liquid water did.

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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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What does 0.0 celcius represent?

0.0 Celcius, better known as 32 degrees Fahrenheit is the freezing point of water.

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How much of an iceberg sticks out of the water?

An iceberg is a mass of ice that has detached from an ice sheet and is floating in the ocean. Icebergs pose an extremely dangerous situation for water vessels because only about 1/8 of the iceberg mass projects above the surface of the water.

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Can you handle the water pressure?

Water pressure increases 15lbs. per 33 sq. ft. The greatest amount of water pressure ever recorded in the ocean is 15,000 lbs.

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How much does water weigh?

One cubic centimeter of water at 4 degree celsius weighs 1 gram. 4 degrees celcius is equal to 39 degrees Fahrenheit and 1 gram equals 0.002 pounds.

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How does a bee turn nectar into honey?

The bee collects nectar, regurgitates it, passes it to worker bee, then the worker bee transforms the nectar into honey by evaporating most of the water out of it.

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What are some of the job duties performed by beavers?

Beavers reliably maintain wetlands that can sponge up floodwaters, prevent erosion and act as the "earth's kidneys" by purifying water. Beavers also build several dams where each colony slows the flow of floodwaters.

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