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Most common compound in the universe?
By thorgal on Jul 7, 2007 | In Trivia | Send feedback »
Question : What is the most common compound in the universe? (a compound is something with a molecule made up of more than one kind of matter)
Answer :
The most common compound is water. Its molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen… more »
Selling the American colonies
By thorgal on Jun 30, 2007 | In Trivia | Send feedback »
Public relation methods were used to sell to Englishmen the idea of settling in the American colonies.
In 1605, George Waymouth, commander of a trading voyage to the Maine coast, returned to Dartmouth with a valuable cargo of furs and five captive In… more »
Icebergs
By thorgal on Jun 23, 2007 | In Trivia | Send feedback »
The first mention of an iceberg in world literature did not come till 800 A.D
An account of the travels of the Irish monk St. Brendan in the North Atlantic, three centuries before, appeared about then and mentioned his having sighted a "floating cryst… more »
Sir Christopher Wren
By thorgal on Jun 16, 2007 | In Trivia | Send feedback »
Before today's skyscrapers, London's skyline was largely the creation of a single genius, Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), who had had only six months of architectural training in Paris. Wren was a celebrated mathematician, but today is remembered as an… more »
Le mot le plus long
By thorgal on Jun 10, 2007 | In Playtime, Trivia, Taalspelletjes | Send feedback »
Quel est le mot le plus long de la langue française ?
Réponse :
ANTICONSTITUTIONNELLEMENT
Il est constitué de plusieurs morphèmes:
ANTI - CONSTITU - TION - NELLE - MENT
CONSTITUER
Le radical est "constituer"
Ce verbe a la vale… more »
