Category: Did You Know?
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Did you know: c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s
Did you know Japanese does not have consonants at the end of any syllable? Thus, Christmas becomes ku-ri-si-ma-su. Hawaiian does it too! Ka-li-ki-ma-ka.
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Did you know: Electric Brains
computers are often translated as “electric brains” in many world Languages? Mandarin Chinese is one of them.
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Did you know: Biodiversity
there is more variation in ecosystems on a single mountain in California or Arizona than on the entire East Coast of the United States?
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Did you know: Straits of Messina
Charybdis and Scylla were historically attributed to the straight between Italy and Sicily?
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Did you know: Relativity of Building
the ground floor of the optical science building at the U of A is the 4th floor? The Modern Language Building starts on 3 and a half, but there is no 1…
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Did you know: State School Telescopes
the University of Arizona is one of the top producers of telescope mirrors in the world?
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Did you know: Icy Pokemon
ice moves are super-effective against the most Pokemon types?
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Did you know: Mountain Construction
one of the 100 summits in Taiwan was created with the demolition of a tunnel creating a new point of triangulation above 3,000 meters?