TurnToIslam If you want to know@tti/2nd Edition.

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Some viruses are so large, other viruses infect them.

 

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The Harvard University library collection has four books bound in human skin.

 

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In Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany, workers get a Christmas bonus of one month’s salary by law.

 

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U.S. national deficit would reach almost to the moon if piled high in $5 bills.

 

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When you repeat a word over and over until it loses meaning, it is called “Jamais vu” and is considered the opposite of Déjà vu.

 

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There is an island near India, with an approximate population of 250, whose inhabitants have not discovered how to make fire, use stone age tools and weapons, speak a language about which we know almost nothing, have not discovered farming, and kill or drive off all who try to contact them.

 

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There is a town in Ontario, Canada named Swastika and despite pressure from the government to change the name residents fight to keep it.

 

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During supersonic flight the fuselage of the Concorde would extend by as much as 300 mm (almost 1 ft) due to the heat generated by compression of air.

 

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Billy Milligan, a criminal had life so disturbed that his mind fractured into at least 24 personalities. For each of these personalities; his speech pattern was different.

 

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Octopuses have been observed learning how to dismantle Lego structures and open child-proof caps on medicine bottles

 

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Central air conditioners use 98% more energy than ceiling fans.

 

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Around the world, someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds.

 

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There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink.

 

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Every day, the Hubble telescope transmits enough data to fit 10,000 standard computer disks.

 

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Alaska is the western-most and eastern-most state of the United States. Its islands stretch so far they actually
cross the 180th meridian - the global dividing line between "east" and "west".

 

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About 1001 Inventions

1001 Inventions is a leading and award-winning international science and cultural heritage organisation engaging over 120 million people.

 

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UNESCO announces partnership with 1001 Inventions to celebrate Ibn Al-Haytham

Director-General Irina Bokova announces UNESCO's partnership with 1001 Inventions to launch a global campaign to celebrate the 10th century scientist Ibn Al-Haytham. The campaign called "1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham" will be part of the UNESCO led International Year of Light 2015.

 

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Al-Khwārizmī

the legacy of Al-Khwarizmi.

 

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Al-Kindī (Islamic Golden Age)

the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic world.

 

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Al-Ṭabarī (Islamic Golden Age )

the life of Al-Tabari, the chronicler and historian of the early Islamic World.