February 15th, 2009 — Interesting
Celsius
Fahrenheit
Note
-273 C
-459 F
Absolute Zero. Absolute Zero is the coldest temperature possible, it’s the temperature at which molecules stop moving and is usually measured as 0 Kelvin. Although, because of microwave background radiation, the coldest possible temperature anywhere in the Universe is actually 2.725 Kelvin
-270 C
-455 F
The temperature of space.
-182 C
-295 F
Temperature at which Oxygen becomes [...]
December 12th, 2008 — Interesting
If you ever had a dog as a kid, you may have had a dog whistle. Although you couldn’t hear it, your dog could and he’d come running to see what all the fuss was about. This is because a dog has a hearing range of up to 40,000 Hz. This unique difference is one [...]
December 5th, 2008 — Interesting
1. Korfball
Korfball is a mixed team sport consisting of four men and four women on a team, with the game loosely resembling a mix in between basketball and netball. The team is split into two divisions, an attack division and a defense division, with each division having 2 of each sex in.
The object of the [...]
November 27th, 2008 — Interesting
1. The Cockroach & The Emerald Cockroach Wasp
The cockroach has a bad reputation as a dirty, annoying bug and most of us would as soon stomp on them as look at them. Spare a thought for the cockroach though, who, in the wild, is sometimes victim to a bizarre and truly macabre ritual.
The Emerald cockroach [...]
November 19th, 2008 — Interesting
On the 18th of November 2008 the BBC, the Guardian, and a handful of other news outlets released the story that a BNP membership list had been leaked online. This immediately shot up search rates on Google for the .sql file itself. After obtaining a copy of this (while it would be illegal for me [...]
