A team of British researchers recently created the world’s tiniest transistor, which is only 1 atom thick and 10 atoms wide.
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Did You Know #35
Posted on August 28, 2008 by Amber Fite
The first robot conductor made its debut in May 2008 conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as it played “The Impossible Dream”.
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Posted on August 28, 2008 by Paul Fite
Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention 2008
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Did You Know #34
Posted on August 27, 2008 by Amber Fite
Bill Gates outranks Chairman Mao as a teen idol in China according to a 2002 survey by the City University of Hong Kong.
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Did You Know #33
Posted on August 26, 2008 by Amber Fite
Technically speaking, a male ballet dancer is a Ballerino.
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Did You Know #32
Posted on August 25, 2008 by Amber Fite
Elvis Presley’s hair was naturally a dirty blond color. He dyed it to look like his idol Tony Curtis.
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Did You Know #31
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Amber Fite
Pope John Paul II was the first papal Harlem Globetrotter. The team made him an honorary member in 2000 during a visit to the Vatican.
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Did You Know #30
Posted on August 21, 2008 by Amber Fite
The longest jellyfish on record measured 160 feet, more than half the length of a football field.
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Did You Know #29
Posted on August 20, 2008 by Amber Fite
David Bowie appears to have different colored eyes because one was permanently dilated during a childhood fight.
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Did You Know #28
Posted on August 19, 2008 by Amber Fite
Elton John legally changed his middle name to Hercules in honor of a horse on a British sitcom!
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Did You Know #27
Posted on August 18, 2008 by Amber Fite
During WWII a ‘basket case’ meant a living soldier who had lost all his limbs and was brought home in a basket. Today it simply means a neurotic person.
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Did You Know #26
Posted on August 15, 2008 by Amber Fite
When did the term Fleabag start? In the 1830s a fleabag was a soldiers bed!
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Did You Know #25
Posted on August 14, 2008 by Amber Fite
The title of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” was taken from a line in Mel Brooks’ comedy Young Frankenstein.
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Did You Know #24
Posted on August 13, 2008 by Amber Fite
Jakob Dylan, the lead singer of the Wallflowers, stipulates in his contract that no interviewers or advertisements should ever refer to him as “Bob Dylan’s son.”
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Did You Know #23
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Amber Fite
Gene Simmons of KISS was once a sixth-grade teacher in New York’s Spanish Harlem.
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