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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

10 Facts About Divorce

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10 Facts About Divorce

 

10 Facts About Divorce


When it comes to married Americans, the seven-year itch is definitely real. Keep reading to find out some interesting facts about divorce.







1
Only one U.S President is known to have been divorced: Ronald Reagan.
2
It’s a law in Wichita, Kansas, that if a man mistreats his mother-in-law, it cannot be used as grounds for a divorce.
3
In 2012, an Italian man brought his mother along on his honeymoon. His new bride asked for a divorce three weeks later.
4
According to U.S. statistics, if one partner smokes, a marriage is 75% more likely to end in divorce.
5
In ancient Chaldea, a man could get a divorce by saying “Thou are not my wife.” However, if the wife ever said, “Thou are not my husband,” she would be immediately drowned.
6
In the Aleutian Islands, if a man grew tired of his wife, he would barter her for food or clothes.
7
In the Philippines, divorce is illegal.
8
In America, the divorce rate for a first marriage is around 41%. The divorce rate for a second marriage is 60%. The divorce rate for a third marriage is 73%.
9
Having twins or triplets increases the risk of divorce by 17%.
10
Approximately 6% of American couples marry, divorce, and then remarry each other.
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10 Facts About The Moon

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10 Facts About The Moon




10 Facts About The Moon


The Moon is Earth's nearest cosmic neighbor, but it is more than just a big pretty light in the sky. Here are 10 cool, and sometimes surprising, facts about Earth's nearest neighbor: the Moon.






1

Not all full Moons are the same size. Their size varies depending on whether the Moon is at its apogee (far away) or perigee (nearby).

2

The Moon is not round - it is shaped like an egg.
3
The Moon’s core is 2-4% of its mass, whereas Earth’s core is about 30% of its mass.

4

When the Moon formed 4.6 billion years ago, it was 14,000 miles from Earth. Now it’s more than 280,000 miles away.

5

Because the surface of the Moon has no wind or water, an astronaut’s footprint could last for millions of years.

6

Because there is no atmosphere on the Moon, there is no twilight before nightfall.

7

Only 12 people have been on the Moon.

8

Earth rotates 1000 miles per hour. The Moon rotates much slower at 10 miles per hour.

9

A compass would not work on the moon because it has no global magnetic field.

10

Although a full moon seems bright, it is actually reflecting just 7% of the sun’s rays.
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Friday, May 27, 2022

10 Random Amazing Facts

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10 Random Amazing Facts


10 Random Facts that will make your Day - amazingfacts.live


10 Random Facts that will make your Day - amazingfacts.live


Crazy amazing facts blow your mind and will definitely make your day.



1.
90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words. - amazingfacts.live

90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words.



2.
Spiders are extremely carnivorous. 10,000 spider seals in a room will eventually result in one enormously fat spider. - amazingfacts.live

Spiders are extremely carnivorous. 10,000 spider seals in a room will eventually result in one enormously fat spider.



3.
You're more likely to come across a teacher or lecturer than somebody from any other profession on online dating sites - amazingfacts.live

You're more likely to come across a teacher or lecturer than somebody from any other profession on online dating sites.




4.
You could listen to a radio on the Moon, but it's impossible aboard a submarine. - amazingfacts.live

You could listen to a radio on the Moon, but it's impossible aboard a submarine.



5.
Angola has the world's best record at soccer penalty shootouts. They have never lost one. - amazingfacts.live

Angola has the world's best record at soccer penalty shootouts. They have never lost one.



6.
Saudi women have won the right to vote, but not the right to drive to the polling station. - amazingfats.live

Saudi women have won the right to vote, but not the right to drive to the polling station.



7.
At the 1900 Paris Olympics, winners were awarded paintings instead of medals. - amazingfacts.live

At the 1900 Paris Olympics, winners were awarded paintings instead of medals.



8.
In 1976, one person in the US was killed by an outbreak of swine flu, but the vaccine introduced to combat it killed 25 - amazingfacts.live

In 1976, one person in the US was killed by an outbreak of swine flu, but the vaccine introduced to combat it killed 25.



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World War I officially ended on October, 3, 2010 when Germany pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies - amazingfacts.live

World War I officially ended on October, 3, 2010 when Germany pays off the last chunk of reparations imposed on it by the Allies.



10.
Winston Churchill is the only politician to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature - amazingfacts.live

Winston Churchill is the only politician to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.


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Sunday, May 22, 2022

20 Facts about NASA

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20 Facts about NASA

 20 Amazing Facts about NASA - amazingfacts.live


20 amazing fun facts about NASA - amazingfacts.live





NASA has been a pioneer and leader in the field of space missions in the world. Here are 20 amazing facts about NASA


1. NASA is currently working on the development of a Star Trek-style warp drive.

2. NASA receives $.005 cents per tax dollar.

3. It is a myth that NASA spent millions of dollars producing the space pen while Soviet astronauts simply used a pencil.

4. Thad Roberts, a NASA intern, spent 7 years in federal prison after having sex with his girlfriend on a bed full of stolen moon rocks.

5. Bill Nye wanted to be an astronaut, but was rejected time and again by NASA.

6. NASA invented invisible braces.

7. NASA has an Office of Planetary Protection, just in case we do indeed find life on other planets.

8. NASA often shows the Hollywood movie “Armageddon” as part of its management training program and then asks its new staff to identify as many scientific inaccuracies as they can.

9. NASA will text you whenever the International Space Station passes overhead.

10. The Apollo Astronauts were unable to qualify for life insurance and were not insured by NASA.

11. While filming of 1995 movie Apollo 13, four hours' worth of film was shot onboard NASA’s KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft.

12. NASA is building a bi-directional “Flying Wing” aircraft. It can fly forwards or sideways at full speed.

13. Computers aboard Apollo 11 that put the first man on the moon had 1/6th the computing power of today’s TI-83 calculators.

14. The Fallen Astronaut Memorial sculpture and plaque were smuggled onto Apollo 15 and installed in Mons Hadley without the knowledge of NASA.

15. Carl Sagan (Astronomer) insisted that it was a common practice for NASA astronauts to be given cyanide pills in case they could not return back to Earth.

16. Mars Rover “Curiosity” is officially designated by NASA as “she.”

17. In order for NASA to recognize you as an astronaut, you must travel higher than 50 miles from the Earth’s surface.

18. When Skylab reentered the atmosphere and crashed in Australia in 1979, the Australian government fined NASA $400 for littering. The fine remained unpaid for 30 years.

19. NASA did a study and found nuclear explosions actually are the best way to deflect an incoming asteroid and even designed a spaceship capable of performing a similar mission.

20. NASA engineers offered Sally Ride (the first American woman in space) 100 tampons for a 7-day space mission.
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Saturday, March 26, 2022

8 Amazing Facts About Tattoo - amazingfacts.live

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8 Amazing Facts About Tattoo - amazingfacts.live

 



8 Facts About Tattoo

Tattoos are intriguing to some and a must-have for others. Here are some funny tattoo facts for you.




1
In the U.S., more women than men are tattooed.

2
There are over 20,000 tattoo parlors in the United States alone. A new establishment is being added in the country every day.

3
Americans spend approximately $1.65 billion on tattoos annually.

4
Often misspelled “tatoo”, the word tattoo is one of the most misspelled words in the
English language.
5
Johnny Depp once said “My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story".
6
George C. Reiger Jr. has over 1,000 Disney tattoos, including all 101 Dalmatians. He had to receive special permission from Disney because the images are copyrighted.
7
To mix tattoo color, urine was used sometimes.
8
S. Victor Whitmill, the artist who created the facial tattoo for Mike Tyson in 2003, sued Warner Bros. for mimicking it on actor Ed Helms for the film "The Hangover Part II".
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