May 2012
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May 31st
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Warp Speed!
The Borg are coming. You’re joining the fleet at Wolf 359 to try and stop them. How fast do you need to go to get there in time? First, find out how fast you need to go in terms of the speed of light: Second, convert that into warp speed with Wolfram|Alpha’s new converter: Wolfram|Alpha determines you would need a warp factor of 7.818 to reach Wolfram 359 within 3 days. As to what...
May 30th
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Water on Earth
If you take the total amount of water on Earth and divide it by the world population, that equals about .204 cubic kilometers of water per person. Just how much water is that? Well, it is about .6 times the volume of oil transported by oil tankers worldwide in a year: But what about just the fresh water?
May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 10th
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May 9th
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May 7th
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Avengers Assemble! (Or at least some Fun Facts...
Planning on seeing The Avengers this weekend? Us too. To celebrate, we have assembled some Avenger themed fun facts. Thinking about marathoning each movie before seeing The Avengers? That will take you 10 hours and 1 minute:  The Avengers is expected to do incredibly well this weekend, adding to the already impressive total combined box office numbers of the previous movies: A special...
May 3rd
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Fun with QWERTY
Words that can be typed with only the left hand: Words that can be typed with only the right hand:
May 2nd
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May 1st
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